In their 1973 book The New Criminology,Taylor,Walton,and Young levelled a number of criticisms at mainstream criminology.Which of the following is NOT one of these critiques?

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The critique of insufficient research into how opportunities create criminals was actually one of the criticisms levelled by Taylor, Walton, and Young at mainstream criminology. The other critiques were that mainstream criminology supported the political and economic status quo, ignored the structural causes of crime, and focused too much on biological and psychological factors.

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