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RRMR

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According to Durkheim, the true function of punishment is
 
  a. to prevent future crimes.
  b. to reassert the importance of the rule being violated.
  c. to satisfy the need for revenge.
  d. all of the above.

Question 2

A strength of the labeling theory is
 
  a. it concentrates on the role of societal reaction in the creation of deviance.
  b. it focuses on the question of causation.
  c. it disregards undetected deviance.
  d. it assumes all deviants are normal.



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Answer to Question 1

b

Answer to Question 2

a



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