This Chapter Explores How Certain Variables Correlate with Crime

question 28

Essay

This chapter explores how certain variables correlate with crime.Yet,it emphasizes that just because a variable is associated with crime,this does not mean it causes crime.Explain the difference between a correlate of crime and a cause of crime.Cite one example from the chapter for each.

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Definitions:

Other-race Effect

The tendency to recognize faces of one's own race more easily than those of other races.

Intent to Hurt

The deliberate desire or determination to cause physical or emotional harm to others.

Mild-mannered

Describing someone who is gentle and not easily angered or agitated.

Amygdala

A small, almond-shaped set of neurons located in the brain's temporal lobe, involved in processing emotions such as fear and pleasure.