Criminologists who argue that criminal career research is NOT important argue that:
a. criminal behavior at one time in an offender's life is highly correlated with criminal behavior at another time.
b. different factors explain why people start to commit crime and why they stop committing crime.
c. offenders commit increasingly serious crimes as they grow older.
d. offenders specialize in crime.
Answer: a
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