ADJ 105 CP4 questions with complete
solutions A+ rated
Which of the following is NOT one of the theoretical constructions of Merton's
strain theory? - correct answer ✔✔unique lower-class focal concerns
Clifford Shaw and Henry McKay viewed delinquency as resulting from a
breakdown in social control among ________. - correct answer ✔✔family and
neighborhood
Which of the following is a cause for crime identified in the theory proposed
by Martin Wolfgang and Franco Ferracuti? - correct answer ✔✔Subcultures of
violence exist among lower-class males and legitimize the use of violence.
Which of the following is NOT one of the theoretical constructions of Shaw
and McKay's social disorganization theory? - correct answer ✔✔success of
informal social controls
Which of the following is NOT one of the norms that Cohen says make up the
middle-class measuring rod? - correct answer ✔✔heightened physical
aggression
Burgess's hypothesis of urban growth is referred to as ________. - correct
answer ✔✔concentric zone
According to Cloward and Ohlin's theory, the retreatist subculture generates
a new order of goals and criteria for ________. - correct answer
✔✔achievement
