Sociologists Have Observed That Some Chicago Neighborhoods Had Consistently Higher

Multiple Choice

Sociologists have observed that some Chicago neighborhoods had consistently higher rates of juvenile delinquency than others did, regardless of which immigrant groups lived there at the time. This pattern was explained by which of the following theories?

A) Class conflict was well developed in those neighborhoods.
B) The culture of deviance had become a part of the way of life of teenagers in those neighborhoods.
C) The immigrant families came from cultures that valued such behaviors.
D) There was an inherent conflict in values between the immigrant subcultures and the dominant culture.