The opportunity hypothesis about delinquency states that the most important factor that influences youth to engage in delinquency is the amount of time that youth spend with their ___ away from ___.

a. parents, friends
b. friends, parents
c. teachers, friends
d. other agents of social control, parents


b. friends, parents

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