According to Kai Erikson, agents of social control ______.
A) perpetuate race, class, and gender stereotypes
B) depend upon the community to create norms
C) can encourage the behavior they intend to stop
D) ignore idiosyncratic deviance

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Erikson suggests that agents of social control can sometimes encourage the very behavior they aim to stop, as their actions can highlight and reinforce the behavior within the community.

According to Kai Erikson, Agents of Social Control ______