Multiple Choice
According to Walter Miller, delinquency is:
A) an adaptation to strain caused by blocked opportunity
B) a means of gaining acceptance according to the standards and expectations of lower-class culture
C) a product of the breakdown of informal systems of control in lower-class culture
D) a function of inadequate socialization
E) caused by status frustration
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