Research Which Equates Sheer Population Density with High Rates of Crime

question 22

Multiple Choice

Research which equates sheer population density with high rates of crime and mental illness is sometimes referred to as:

• A) the density/intensity hypothesis
• B) the 'Behavioural Sink'
• C) Calhoun's syndrome
• D) the crowding-aggression theory
• E) the social-pathology hypothesis

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