The Parents of a Deviant Child Often Want to Find

Multiple Choice

The parents of a deviant child often want to find some way to excuse their offspring's behavior, and it's common to hear them say, "He just fell in with a bad crowd." Which symbolic interactionist theory of deviance does this explanation most closely resemble?

A) differential association
B) labeling theory
C) self-fulfilling prophecy
D) structural strain theory
E) in-group orientation