What have researchers found about the effect of deficient MAOA activity on children?
a. Deficient MAOA activity may predispose children to adult violence
b. Deficient MAOA activity may predispose maltreated children to adult violence
c. Deficient MAOA activity may reduce the risk of adult violence among maltreated children
d. Deficient MAOA activity has no effect on children
Answer: b
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List and define three of those five developments.
Participant observation as a data gathering strategy:
a. usually represents a commitment to a more quantitative research orientation b. may pose potential ethical hazards c. usually involves minimum contact with subjects d. requires that the researcher perform all of the activities of the group being studied
Communications technologies like the two-way radio and the telephone changed policing by ________.
A. reducing response times and lowering insurance costs B. reducing fires and lowering juvenile delinquency C. lowering crime and raising arrests D. changing the nature of police-citizen contacts and police management
Alternative sanctions tend to be designed for:
a. women. b. juveniles. c. men. d. misdemeanants.