"When Persons Become Criminals, They Do So Because of Contacts

question 54

Multiple Choice

"When persons become criminals, they do so because of contacts with criminal patterns and also because of isolation from anticriminal influences." This statement represents an essential assumption that underlies ______________ theories.

• A)structural strain
• B)differential association
• C)labeling
• D)constructionist

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