Findings from Wolfgang's Landmark Delinquency in a Birth Cohort Study

question 22

True/False

Findings from Wolfgang's landmark Delinquency in a Birth Cohort study contributed to a shift in crime control policy from specific to general incapacitation.

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Self-Report Bias

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Experimenter Bias

A process where the scientists performing the research influence the results, consciously or unconsciously, in order to portray a certain outcome.

Descriptive/Correlational Research

A research methodology that observes and describes behavior without influencing it, and may involve measuring the relationship between two or more variables.

Experimental Research

A systematic and scientific approach to research in which the researcher manipulates one variable to observe the effect on another variable.