Routine activities theory emphasizes a motivated offender, a suitable target, and:

A. the anomic conditions of modern industrial society.
B. the inherent reinforcement of the deviant act.
C. negative reinforcement in the form of punishment.
D. a deviant subculture.
E. the absence of a capable guardian.


Answer: E

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