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An important tenet of labeling theory is the recognition that some individuals or groups have the power to define labels and apply them to others. This view shares the emphasis on the social significance of power as purported by the {Ans: conflict perspective.}Which of the following would be an example of anomie? An individual... {Ans: loses a job, a fortune, and a family during the Great Depression of the 1930s.}Which term is used to refer to crimes committed in the course of business activities? {Ans: white-collar crimes}Which sociologist developed a theory of deviance that suggests that members of a society may conform or deviate from the culturally prescribed goals and the means of attaining those goals? {Ans: Robert Merton}An innovator, according to Robert Merton, is an individual who has {Ans: accepted the goals of a society but pursued them with means regarded as improper.}A high school student pierces her tongue and her belly button because three of her best friends have done the same thing. This is an example of {Ans: conformity}Which sociologist used the term differential association to describe the process through which exposure to attitudes favorable to criminal acts leads to violations