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_____ is the number of years that an average person (including newborns) can expect to live.
 
  a. The graying of America
  b. Life expectancy
  c. Life span
  d. 110

Question 2

Give three ways that functionalists such as Durkheim say that deviance contributes to the social order.
 
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Answer to Question 1

b. Life expectancy

Answer to Question 2

Deviance, including crime (according to Durkheim), contributes to the social order by clarifying moral boundaries and affirming norms, encouraging social unity, and promoting social change.



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