Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)

1. According to Gottfredson and Hirschi, social bonds with others are the restraints that allow people to resist crime and other short-term gratification.
2. A General Theory of Crime, written by Gottfredson and Hirschi (1990), keeps the same core concepts as Hirschi’s earlier work in Causes of Delinquency (1969).
3. Tittle argues that deviance will occur when there is too little control or too much control.
4. According to Hirschi, in patriarchal families, boys have stronger preferences for risk-taking that increase their involvement in delinquency.
5. According to Tittle, it is human nature to deviate.


1. FALSE
2. FALSE
3. TRUE
4. FALSE
5. TRUE

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