Offender Theories Should Eventually Tell Us How People Come to Be

question 22

Multiple Choice

Offender theories should eventually tell us how people come to be criminal offenders and why they either act or desist from acting as offenders; however, criminological theories do not provide adequate theories about ______________.

• A) Who commits crime, when they will act and where they will offend
• B) Who the victims are
• C) Why people rob banks
• D) When they decide to plan a crime

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