Robert KMerton's Functional Analysis of Deviance and Crime Addressed the Issue

Robert K.Merton's functional analysis of deviance and crime addressed the issue that although society has become much more affluent in the twentieth century,crime rates continued to rise.Merton responded to this quandary by:

A) determining that economic factors were no longer relevant to crime
B) emphasizing the morality socialized into particular groups
C) identifying a sense of relative deprivation as a factor in deviance
D) recognizing that people with deviant peers are more likely to participate in deviant behavior
E) uncovering the genetic processes that affect decision making of criminals