Youths growing up in poor neighborhoods are more likely to deal drugs to make money than middle-class youth.This example represents the pattern of deviance called:
A) rebellion.
B) retreatism.
C) ritualism.
D) innovation.

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The pattern of deviance described in this scenario is innovation, which refers to individuals who accept societal goals but use unconventional means to achieve them, such as dealing drugs to make money. This is different from rebellion, which involves rejecting both societal goals and means, retreatism which involves rejecting both societal goals and means and ritualism which involves rejecting societal goals while still adhering to conventional means.

Youths Growing Up in Poor Neighborhoods Are More Likely to Deal