Boys who live in a disadvantaged community can become frustrated with their prospects for material success. Of the possible responses to this frustration that are listed below, which fits most closely with the work of Albert Cohen?

Joe is a straight-A student and wants to go to a four-year college after high school. When his friends encourage him to skip class and hang out with them, he refuses to do so because he doesn’t want to jeopardize his GPA. This is an example of

A food manufacturer puts false nutrition information on its product labels. This is an example of

Which of the following is an example of the organized crime Manuel Castells described?

A survey of homeless youth in Canada shows a strong correlation between hunger, lack of shelter, and unemployment, on the one hand, and theft, prostitution, and even violent crime on the other. Whose theory of delinquency best explains this relationship?

Fifteen-year-old Diego is arrested and spends thirty days in juvenile detention. He begins to see himself as a delinquent while there. When he is released, he commits more crimes. Edwin Lemert would consider the crimes Diego commits after being released

According to differential association theory, who is more likely to be a delinquent?

A veteran police officer’s criticism of a rookie police officer for not acting aggressively enough during an altercation with a suspect is an example of a

Two groups of boys, one working class and the other middle class, engage in equal amounts of delinquent activity. The members of one group are considered “boys being boys,” and the members of the other are considered “troublemakers.” Which of the following theories best explains this difference?

Based on the recent New Zealand study that investigated whether a child’s propensity for aggression was linked to biological factors present at birth, with which statement would researchers most likely agree?