Read the Four Statements Below

question 44

Multiple Choice

Read the four statements below.Which comes closest to the correct view of the role of biology in causing people to commit crimes?

• A)Males with certain body types commit the most serious crimes.
• B)Lombroso proved a century ago that biological factors are the major cause of crime.
• C)Biological factors may have a real but small effect in causing some people to commit crimes.
• D)Genetics research has succeeded in explaining most criminality.

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