Question

The social control theory of deviance, crime, and illicit drug use focuses on the following factor____________.A. socialization into deviant values

B. hegemony by the powerful to shape laws and social control to their advantage
C. the actor's stake in conformity
D. the disjunction between the goal of success and the legitimacy of the means to achieve that success
E. the recent decay of the American economic structure, which reduces the likelihood of social mobility for people at the bottom of the socioeconomic hierarchy

Answer 1

The Actor's stake in conformity.

Step-by-step explanation:

The social control theory of deviance, crime, and illicit drug use focuses on the following factor the Actor's stake in conformity.

Stake in conformity means that a person is less likely to commit any crime if the person has strong social bonds that is friends, family, relationships, etc. A social control can be established by encouraging individual to conform with social norms. Conformity is the act of matching attitude, beliefs, etc.