According to differential association theory,a person who is more likely to be a delinquent is a:
A) poor person whose friends do not commit crime
B) middle-class person whose friends frequently commit crime
C) person with high aspirations but few opportunities
D) person with low aspirations but many opportunities
E) person who doesn't know how to commit crime

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Differential association theory suggests that individuals learn criminal behavior from their social interactions and associations. Thus, a person who is more likely to be a delinquent is someone who has frequent interactions with friends who engage in criminal activity, as in option B. Option A is less likely because if the person's friends do not commit crime, they are less likely to learn criminal behavior. Option C is not relevant to the theory, and option D assumes that opportunities alone lead to criminal behavior, which is not necessarily true. Option E is not relevant to the theory either.

According to Differential Association Theory,a Person Who Is More Likely