Multiple Choice
Offender theories should eventually tell us how people come to be criminal offenders and why they either act or desist from acting as offenders; however, criminological theories do not provide adequate theories about ______________.
A) Who commits crime, when they will act and where they will offend
B) Who the victims are
C) Why people rob banks
D) When they decide to plan a crime
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