Studies Comparing the Relationships of Social Structure (E

question 9

Multiple Choice

Studies comparing the relationships of social structure (e.g., class) and individual factors (e.g., personality) to criminal behavior show that

• A)individual factors are more important
• B) social structure is more important
• C) both are equally important
• D) social structure is more important at the aggregate level
• E) social structure is more important with regard to property crimes and individual factors are more important with regard to violent crimes

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Definitions:

IWW

The Industrial Workers of the World, an international labor union founded in 1905, advocating for worker solidarity and the abolition of the wage system.

AFL

The American Federation of Labor, a historic national federation of labor unions in the United States, part of the later merger that formed the AFL-CIO.

Repression

The act of suppressing or restraining something, often referring to the control or suppression of political or social dissent.

Revolutionary Unions

Labor organizations that aim to overthrow the existing social order to establish a new society based on trade union principles.