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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Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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Indicate whether this statement is true or false.

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a. True b. False

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Which of the following is NOT a factor that has significantly affected life inside adult prisons?

a. the growing number of short-term inmates b. the increased number of elderly inmates c. the sizable number of inmates with HIV/AIDS d. the thousands of prisoners who are mentally ill

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