Multiple Choice
Social Strain theorist Robert Merton hypothesized that organized crime was:
A) the result of sociopathic opportunism.
B) adaptive innovation by educationally and financially disadvantaged elements.
C) a normal response to pressures exerted on certain persons by the social structure.
D) an abnormal response to peer pressure exerted by one's own ethnic group.
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