The case study of Jesse Pomeroy stated that Jesse lacked a bond to conventional society, thus making him more prone to committing criminal acts. This is best explained by ______.

a. Pavlov’s classical conditioning
b. Freud’s concepts of the id, ego and superego
c. Hirschi’s theory of social bonding
d. Skinner’s operant conditioning


c. Hirschi’s theory of social bonding

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