According to Gottfredson and Hirschi

According to Gottfredson and Hirschi,

A) The willingness to commit crime is learned in childhood from hanging around with "bad" or troubled kids in the neighborhood.
B) People who commit crime are also likely to use drugs and alcohol, smoke, get into accidents, and become physically ill.
C) Most offenders specialize or become experts in one type of crime (e.g., burglary) .
D) Criminal behavior first surfaces in adolescence because it is during this turbulent developmental period that self-control breaks down.