In the 17th century, Sir Francis Bacon argued that "opportunity makes a thief." Philosophers and social critics such as Voltaire and Rousseau emphasized concepts such as free will, hedonism, and flaws in the social contract to explain criminal conduct. What did these principles later grow into?
A. Classical school of criminology
B. Positivist school of criminology
C. Sociological theories of crime
D. Biological theories of crime
Answer: A
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