Dominic Is Currently a Successful High School Teacher

Multiple Choice

Dominic is currently a successful high school teacher.  When Dominic was 17 years old he was recruited by a gang.  He joined the gang in order to establish a sense of belonging.  Dominic went through the initiation process when he found out that his last "duty" was to rob a local gas station at gunpoint.  Dominic went into the store, but readily noticed that his old high school football coach was standing in line to check out.  Dominic went up to the coach, who he has always had a special relationship with, and told him what he was just about to do.  The coach immediately was able to assist Dominic to get out of the gang.  He was able to attend a different school in a different county, which eventually leads to a college degree. Dominic always wonders what would have happened if he had ventured deeper in the gang style.
Dominic was encouraged to participate in gang behavior by his "friends."  Edwin Sutherland referred to this as

A) anomie.
B) strain.
C) differential association.
D) process.