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Joseph went into the military after high school. He was seriously injured while stationed in the Middle East. He returned home to find out that his parents had passed away in a car accident. As a result of his injuries and the loss of his parents, Joseph became addicted to prescribed painkillers and, after that, heroin. He no longer cares about himself and has decided it is better if he just withdraws from society and continues to use drugs. According to Merton, which social adaptation describes Joseph?
 
  a. Conformity
  b. Innovation
 c. Retreatism
 d. Ritualism

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In Wolfgang's Delinquency in a Birth Cohort, six percent of the total sample was responsible for fifty-two percent of all offenses.
 
  Indicate whether the statement is true or false



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