Identify an accurate statement about genetic factors that influence crime.

A. With regard to criminal behavior, when one identical twin is criminal, the other twin is more likely to be criminal as well, and this occurs more frequently than with other siblings.
B. In a pair of identical twins, each twin has stretches of DNA that uniquely identify them and has broad application in criminal investigations.
C. Criminal behavior does not run in families.
D. In a research on adoptees, the influence of the parents who raised the children, whether these parents were criminal or not, was found to outweigh the influence of the adoptees' genetic parents.


Answer: A

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