Criminologists Who Focus Their Attention on Crime Victims Refer to Themselves

question 43

Multiple Choice

Criminologists who focus their attention on crime victims refer to themselves as:

• A) victimologists.
• B) sociologists.
• C) criminal psychologists.
• D) behaviorists.

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Definitions:

Natural Selection

Differential success in the reproduction of different phenotypes resulting from the interaction of organisms with their environment.

Differential Success

The variation in reproductive success among organisms within a population due to differences in heritable traits.

Reproduction

Reproduction is the biological process by which new individual organisms are produced, either sexually with genetic material from two parents, or asexually from one organism.

Phenotype

The collection of traits visible in a person that emerge from how their genetic makeup interacts with their surroundings.