This approach to deviance views poverty as a set of choice made by unwed mothers that perpetuate crime, deviance, and other pathologies across generations.
A) social disorganization
B) culture of poverty
C) differential association
D) broken windows

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The culture of poverty approach views poverty as a cultural phenomenon in which individuals in poverty adopt a set of values that perpetuate poverty and crime across generations. Unwed mothers, in this perspective, are seen as making choices that contribute to their own and their children's poverty and deviance. This approach has been criticized for blaming the victim and neglecting the structural factors that contribute to poverty and inequality.

This Approach to Deviance Views Poverty as a Set of Choice