The correct answer is B) severity of punishment.
The factor that researchers found had the greatest impact on whether lawbreakers were arrested for a subsequent crime was the severity of the punishment.
In the study in 29,000 criminal men in Denmark, the severy of the punishment was the factor researchers found as the variable of whether lawbreakers were arrested for a subsequent crime. Denmark is a first world country with low rates of crime due to the high standard of education and good pay jobs of its citizens. The safety level in the country is of 88 percent and the crime level is only 25 percent, in data obtained when asking visitors and tourists.