Multiple Choice
Emile Durkheim and Robert K. Merton had very different definitions of anomie and argued that anomie had very different consequences for the society. In Merton's conceptualization, deviance results from:
A) psychopathology.
B) improper parental socialization.
C) a state of normlessness.
D) a too-strong hold of the norms on the members of the society.
E) disorganized neighborhoods
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