Most control theorists seem to

a) imply that too much social control will force criminals to commit more crimes.
b) accept the Freudian assumption that our inborn animal impulses, if unchecked, will turn into deviant behavior.
c) accept the notion that one has to learn some skill and ideology in order to commit deviance.
d) assume that social control often indirectly or unexpectedly causes deviant behavior.


b) accept the Freudian assumption that our inborn animal impulses, if unchecked, will turn into deviant behavior.

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