Multiple Choice
Cloward and Ohlin attempt to extend Merton's central idea that the lower classes are denied legitimate opportunity by introducing the concept of
A) status frustration.
B) the means-goal gap.
C) differential illegitimate opportunity.
D) differential legitimate opportunity.
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