Contemporary rational choice suggests that:

a. offenders commit crimes only for monetary gains.
b. offenders sometimes commit crimes for excitement or prestige.
c. offenders never commit crime unless provoked.
d. offenders carefully plan all crimes they commit.


Answer: d

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