Question

Which sociologist applied Durkheim’s theory of anomie to explain crime rates among African Americans after the abolition of slavery in the United States?

- Robert Park
- W. E. B. Du Bois
- Charles H. Cooley
- Jane Addams

Answer 1

Answer: W.E.B Du Bois

Explanation: William Edward Burghardt Du Bois was the sociologist from america that proposed the theory given in the problem. Du Bois wan an activist and leaded the niagara movement, before abolition of slavery, which was made to give equal rights to african americans.

Thus, from the above we can conclude that Option B is correct.