Warden Smith supervises 2000 male inmates who are incarcerated for various reasons, including murder, rape, robbery, drugs, theft, and arson. He meets with every inmate who is sentenced to his prison to get an understanding of where each inmate came from and how he can possibly prevent recidivism.Larry meets with Warden Smith. Larry has been to prison three times previously. He tells Warden Smith

that he has committed hundreds of other crimes for which he never got caught. His current conviction is for drug dealing. Larry was willing to take a chance in dealing drugs because he was going to make over $100,000 for the transaction and he thought the potential profit was worth the risk and the effort. _____ theory best explains why Larry committed his crimes.

A) ?Critical
B) ?Social learning
C) ?Psychodynamic
D) ?Choice
E) ?Life course


D

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