Which of the Following Questions About Crime Is Most Likely

question 33

Multiple Choice

Which of the following questions about crime is most likely to be posed by a social control theorist?

• A) What is in that person's make-up that propels him/her to crime?
• B) Why did he or she do it?
• C) Why don't we all do it?
• D) We all do it,so why doesn't everyone get caught?

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