Question

Mike is walking down the street and notices an elderly female with shopping bags in both hands and her purse dangling from her wrist. after assessing the situation, he decides to grab her purse and run as there are few people on the sidewalk to slow his escape. mike hopes to find cash in the purse so that he can buy food for his homeless family. of the various delinquent motivations discussed in the book, which is most relevant to this scenario?

Answer 1

The correct answer is "People have free will."

Based on the given scenario, Mike has the free will to do what wants, because of his desperation to get money, he decided to grab the elderly woman's purse in hopes of getting money and buying food with it. This shows that people has the free will to do whatever they want, yet the authority or the law is your limitation, if they see your actions to be illegal or out-of-hand, you will be punished.