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A common misconception is that differential association argues criminality is the result of who you spend time with. According to Sutherland, what is the reason people engage in persistent criminality?


A) Criminals spend time with deviants at many different points in their life.
B) Individuals take part in crime based on who they grew up with, not who they hang out with now.
C) Criminals have excess definitions towards criminality.
D) Police target those who hang around with known criminals, thereby only catching criminals who associate with criminals, skewing the samples Sutherland used to make his claims.

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