David Matza, in an Opening Chapter of His Classic Book

Multiple Choice

David Matza, in an opening chapter of his classic book, Delinquency and Drift (1964) summarized the positivist view (of which he was very critical) using three of the following:

A) ´The criminal is a specific type of person´
B) The criminal is created by his (sic) environment´
C) The criminal can be cured´
D) ´The criminal differs from others´
E) ´The criminal is ""driven"" into crime through factors outside his or her control´