Which explanation is correct?
a. According to labeling theory, the key to understanding crime is in studying how people develop into offenders and how they escape from their lives of crime.
b. Differential association theory focuses on reducing opportunities for within a particular situation.
c. Social learning theory attempted to specify the mechanisms and processes through which criminal learning takes place.
d. Anomie theory argues that crime is best understood as an "event" that involves not only a motivated offender, but also the "opportunity" to break the law.
c. Social learning theory attempted to specify the mechanisms and processes through which criminal learning takes place.
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