In Robert K.Merton's anomie theory,criminality can be the result of the adaptation called innovation.In committing crime,the innovator __________.
A) discovers or invents a new way of committing crime
B) invents various rationalizations to justify his or her crime
C) participates in the formation of new criminal subcultures
D) accepts success goals,but abandons socially approved means of attaining them
E) develops new social norms which replace contradictory or confused rules
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