Nye’s family-focused theory:

a. claims that criminal behavior results primarily from weak attachments to one’s peers.
b. identifies three types of control: direct, indirect, and internal.
c. suggests that girls commit less crime than boys even when parental control is lifted.
d. was tested using statistical data compiled by the FBI.
e. all of the above.


b. identifies three types of control: direct, indirect, and internal.

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