Multiple Choice
Instead of solely examining background factors, what does the sociologist Jack Katz think sociologists should study when trying to understand deviance?
A) the deviant's own experience of committing a deviant act
B) the correlation between deviance and poverty
C) the way deviance tends to be handed down through generations
D) the role poverty plays in encouraging deviance
E) the hidden correlation between crime and marital status
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