The positivist school of criminology posits that

A. individuals choose to commit crimes after weighing the consequences of their actions.
B. all human actions are determined in accordance with the felicific calculus.
C. human behavior is determined by forces beyond individual control.
D. anomie is a breakdown of social order, which causes people to commit crimes.


Answer: C

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