Once low self-control is set at an early age, there is no way to develop it afterward (according to the general theory of crime). Developmental theory believes that:

a. people can change over time
b. people cannot change over time
c. people will always remain the same in their beliefs
d. actions may change, but beliefs do not


a. people can change over time

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