Author Question: Effective rehabilitation programs focus on ________. a. undermining the personal responsibility ... (Read 81 times)

eruditmonkey@yahoo.com · **on:** Jul 2, 2018

Effective rehabilitation programs focus on ________.

a. undermining the personal responsibility of offenders
b. providing structured activities that do not reinforce criminal responses
c. increasing the length of prison sentences
d. imposing military discipline into people's lives

Question 2

Define anomie. How does the anomie theory approach crime and delinquency?

What will be an ideal response?

ngr69 · **Reply #1 on:** Jul 2, 2018

Answer to Question 1

Answer: b

Answer to Question 2

The anomie theory posits that inconsistencies and contradictions in the social system contribute to many forms of crime. Sociologist Robert K. Merton observed that people in the United States are taught to strive for certain goals but are not always provided with the culturally approved means necessary to attain these goals. He referred to such inconsistencies and the confusion they can cause in people as anomie.