According to __________, "the larger the ratio of net rewards of crime to the net rewards of noncrime, the greater the tendency to commit crime."

a. Robert Merton
b. Edwin Sutherland
c. Travis Hirschi
d. James Q. Wilson and Richard Herrnstein


Answer: d

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