Which of the following perspectives bills itself as “a general theory of crime”?

a. Emile Durkheim’s anomie theory
b. Robert K. Merton’s anomie theory
c. Michael Gottfredson and Travis Hirschi’s self-control theory
d. Edwin Sutherland’s theory of differential associatio


Ans: c. Michael Gottfredson and Travis Hirschi’s self-control theory

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