In Robert K

question 85

Multiple Choice

In Robert K.Merton's anomie theory,criminality can be the result of the adaptation called innovation.In committing crime,the innovator __________.

• A)discovers or invents a new way of committing crime
• B)invents various rationalizations to justify his or her crime
• C)participates in the formation of new criminal subcultures
• D)accepts success goals,but abandons socially approved means of attaining them
• E)develops new social norms which replace contradictory or confused rules