Albert is a teenager who lives in a close-knit rural community of 3,000 people where everyone knows one another. He resides in a house with his parents and grandparents. A couple of kids from his school have talked about spray painting the back of the grocery store, but Albert knows the owner of the store and what a hardship it would be for the owner to clean up the mess. Albert talks the kids out of the plan in favor of meeting some friends to play basketball in the park. Albert's actions are best explained by which theory?
A. critical theory
B. social structure theory
C. labeling theory
D. control theory
D. control theory
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