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Your tutorial is 125 words and two references and explains Skinner's view on criminal behavior.

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B.F. Skinner is a behaviorist. That is, he is concerned with observable behavior. He emphasized that the environment is a key determinant of behavior. Therefore, his theory on criminal behavior would be that something in the individual's environment causes the ...

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