Which of the following is not a legitimate criticism of social learning theory?

a. It only explains the emergence and not the maintenance of criminal behavior.
b. It does not account for individual differences that may give rise to criminal behavior or criminal opportunity structures.
c. It can’t prove that criminal attitudes arise solely from criminal associations (i.e., what came first, the chicken or the egg?).
d. It is very difficult to operationalize and test.
e. All of the above.


a. It only explains the emergence and not the maintenance of criminal behavior.

Criminal Justice

You might also like to view...

In Kyllo v United States, the court ruled that if the government uses a technology that is in general use by the public a warrant is required

Indicate whether the statement is true or false

Criminal Justice

What are four of the 13 recommendations for responding to victims of terrorism created by the Office for Victims of Crime?

What will be an ideal response?

Criminal Justice

According to scholar Greer, printed “news” becomes all of the following except:

a. decontextualized. b. shorn of structure. c. connected from defining images and surrounding. d. short of style.

Criminal Justice

It can be argued that religion often helps to produce the , a person striking out with an ideology but no group

a. crazed avenger b. solitary avenger c. independent avenger d. lone wolf avenger

Criminal Justice