All of the following are central to Katz’s phenomenological perspective EXCEPT:

a. Standard background factors cannot predict who will engage in crime.
b. A person’s experiential foreground impacts his/her decision to commit crime.
c. Violent crime allows the offender to transcend normal life.
d. Crime statistics are useful for explaining why people do certain crimes


Answer: d

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