More Recent, Better Designed and Executed Studies on the Biological

question 42

Multiple Choice

More recent, better designed and executed studies on the biological effects on deviant behavior and crime find that:

• A) biological factors are the most important predictors of crime and deviance
• B) there is a weak relationship or no relationship between biological factors and crime
• C) biological factors have an overwhelming effect on many different types of crime, but not all of them
• D) genes play as strong a role as parents in a child's antisocial behavior

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