The Social Control Theory of Deviance,crime,and Illicit Drug Use Focuses

question 3

Multiple Choice

The social control theory of deviance,crime,and illicit drug use focuses on the following factor:

• A) socialization into deviant values
• B) hegemony by the powerful to shape laws and social control to their advantage
• C) the actor's stake in conformity
• D) the disjunction between the goal of success and the legitimacy of the means to achieve that success
• E) the recent decay of the American economic structure,which reduces the likelihood of social mobility for people at the bottom of the socioeconomic hierarchy

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