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luminitza

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Burgess and Akers find Sutherland's differential association theory inadequate because Sutherland
 
  a) ignored the individual's choice-making ability.
  b) placed too much emphasis on the rewards, not the consequences, of deviant behavior.
  c) could not empirically test his theory.
  d) did not specify what is involved in the process of learning to become a criminal.

Question 2

Positivists treat deviance as if it were unpleasant and harmful to society, while constructionists
 
  a) have an appreciation for and empathy with deviants.
  b) emphasize the importance of social control of deviant behavior.
  c) stress the importance of being deviant themselves.
  d) study the biological aspects of human behavior.



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Answer to Question 1

d) did not specify what is involved in the process of learning to become a criminal.

Answer to Question 2

a) have an appreciation for and empathy with deviants.




luminitza

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Reply 2 on: Jul 20, 2018
:D TYSM


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Reply 3 on: Yesterday
Gracias!

 

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