According to Thornberry (1987), which is not a limitation of delinquency theories?

a) They focus on the developmental changes that occur over the life course.
b) They assume uniform causal effects throughout the social structure.
c) They are unidirectional in their explanations.
d) They are not reciprocal in their explanations of crime.


A

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