The Department of Defense Doesn't Classify Pilferage as a Major

question 22

Multiple Choice

The Department of Defense doesn't classify pilferage as a major problem, as its annual inventory losses run $1-2 billion a year. The intentional theft and sale of defense secrets would have greater ethical intensity than this pilferage due to _____________.

• A) magnitude of consequences
• B) magnitude of influence
• C) location immediacy
• D) probability of response
• E) all of these

Identify and describe the different adaptations to strain as proposed by Merton (i.e., conformity, innovation, ritualism, retreatism, and rebellion).

Recognize the significance of societal pressures and the goal-means gap in inducing deviant behavior according to anomie-strain theory.

Compare and contrast different extensions and critiques of anomie-strain theory, including Cohen's status frustration and Cloward and Ohlin's differential opportunity theory.

Understand the role of cultural values, particularly the emphasis on material success, in shaping societal expectations and behavior patterns.

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