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The concept of _____ is the view that the poor are qualitatively different in values and lifestyles from the rest of society, and that these cultural differences explain continued poverty and deviance.
 
  a. cultural transmission
  b. stigmatization
  c. the culture of poverty
  d. cultural deprivation

Question 2

_____ proposed that people turn to deviance because they are denied access to legitimate means of achieving the goals of society.
 
  a. Sigmund Freud
  b. Edwin Sutherland
  c. Robert Merton
  d. William Ryan



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Answer to Question 1

Answer: c. the culture of poverty

Answer to Question 2

Answer: c. Robert Merton



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