What Characteristic of the Offender Is One of the Most

question 158

Multiple Choice

What characteristic of the offender is one of the most significant factors associated with crime and deviance?

• A) age
• B) race
• C) gender
• D) social class

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Definitions:

Political Battles

Conflict or struggles for power, influence, or resources within organizational, governmental, or societal contexts.

Fundamental Attribution Error

The tendency to overestimate the effect of personality or disposition and underestimate the effect of the situation on other people's behavior.

Self-Serving Bias

The tendency to attribute positive outcomes to one's own actions and negative outcomes to external factors.

Attribution Process

The mental operation individuals go through to explain the causes of behavior and events, including their own and others'.