Stealing Avocados, or Almost Any Other Agricultural Product, Is a Felony

Multiple Choice

Stealing avocados, or almost any other agricultural product, is a felony in California if the product is worth more than $100. Supporters of the law believe it is the only way to protect farmers from vagrants and transients who can ruin the viability of small farms. However, if you believe that such laws also target homeless people who are simply trying to eat and that they are punished because they have almost no power within society, then you are probably:

A) a conflict theorist.
B) a functionalist.
C) a symbolic interactionist.
D) a follower of Robert Merton.
E) a deviant.