Deviance is behavior that does not conform to a society\'s basic cultural norms

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Deviance is behavior that does not conform to a society's basic cultural norms and expectations. Crime is deviance that breaks the law. Crime takes a variety of forms, with some more likely than others to result in prosecution and a prison term, or incarceration. One focus of the sociological study of crime is the social factors-such as class, poverty, race, gender, and age-that may be associated with its growth or decline. Examine the maps below. The first map compares the percentage of people living below the poverty level in the fifty states. The darker the color, the higher the proportion of people in poverty. The second map compares the incarceration rate in each state-the number of people per population of 100,000 who are in either a state or federal prison. The darker the color, the higher the incarceration rate. Which of the following is true, based on these maps? A. All the states in the highest poverty rate category are also in the highest incarceration rate category. B. Most of the states in the highest poverty rate category are also in the highest incarceration rate category. C. A few of the states in the highest poverty rate category are also in the highest incarceration rate category. D. None of the states in the highest poverty rate category is also in the highest incarceration rate category.

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B) Most of the states in the highest poverty rate category are also in the highest incarceration rate category.

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