Which of the following is not one of the assumptions on which most sociological perspectives of crime causation are built?

a. Social groups, institutions, and rules, as well as the arrangements of society, all provide the proper focus for criminological study
b. The structure of society and its relative degree of organization or disorganization are important factors contributing to the prevalence of criminal behavior
c. Group dynamics, group organization, and subgroup relationships form the causal nexus out of which crime develops
d. It is possible to predict the specific behavior of an individual member of a given group.


Answer: D

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