Petersilia, Greenwood, and Lavin's study of inmates serving sentences for armed robbery concluded that:

a. few of them did much planning of their crimes.
b. they were more likely to plan their crimes when they were juveniles than when they were adults.
c. most of them planned their crimes in great detail.
d. those who planned their crimes rarely considered the presence of police patrols.


Answer: a

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