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Garrulous

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Summarize the significant features of sociologists Richard Cloward and Lloyd Ohlin's illegitimate opportunity theory and describe the three types of gangs identified by them.
 
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_____ is any system of cost containment that closely monitors and controls health care providers' decisions about medical procedures, diagnostic tests, and other services that should be provided to patients.
 
  a. Fee-for-service program b. Health maintenance organization
 c. Third-party care d. Managed care



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Sociologists Richard Cloward and Lloyd Ohlin suggested that for deviance to occur, people must have access to illegitimate opportunity structurescircumsta nces that provide an opportunity for people to acquire through illegitimate activities what they cannot achieve through legitimate channels. For example, gang members may have insufficient legitimate means to achieve conventional goals of status and wealth but have illegitimate opportunity structuressuch as theft, drug dealing, or robbery through which they can achieve these goals. Based on their research, three basic gang types were identifiedcriminal, conflict, and retreatistthat emerge on the basis of what type of illegitimate opportunity structure is available in a specific area. The criminal gang is devoted to theft, extortion, and other illegal means of securing an income. For example, for young men who grow up in a criminal gang, running drug houses and selling drugs on street corners make it possible for them to support themselves and their families as well as purchase material possessions to impress others. Conflict gangs emerge in communities that do not provide either legitimate or illegitimate opportunities. Members of conflict gangs seek to acquire a reputation by fighting over territory and adopting a value system of toughness, courage, and similar qualities. Members of retreatist gangs are unable to gain success through legitimate means and are unwilling to do so through illegal ones. As a result, the consumption of drugs is stressed, and addiction is prevalent.

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