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.


c. Biological factors may have a real but small effect in causing some people to commit crimes.

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Recognized ways of collection information and producing data, involving various activities:

What will be an ideal response?

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Some drug dealers and smugglers who tried to leave drug world fall into one of the following patterns EXCEPT

a. going on a long, extended "vacation, " often out of the country for several months. b. plan to change immediately but never did. c. postpone quitting until after one last "big deal.". d. suspend pattern of dealing/smuggling but don't replace with another source of income or occupation.

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How do people come to have a gender?

A. Individuals pick which gender they want to be. B. When rearing a child, parents pick the gender they want the child to adopt. C. Gender comes naturally from biological differences. D. They are socialized into being a boy or girl based on sex.

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