In my high school, when the “popular” kids carried out a (very destructive) senior prank, the administration and school board took the position that they were being rambunctious youth. Yet, when the “hoods”—a group composed of kids from poorer families—toilet papered the school, they were called delinquents, and the police were brought in. This illustrates which theory? Question 5 options: labeling theory strain theory differential association theory social disorganization theory
