A researcher decides to study the impact of nature on deviant behavior. The researcher outlines a study that will look at how children of parents who are convicted of a crime subsequently behave. The research will then compare these children to children of parents who have never been convicted of a crime and determine how heritable deviance is. What would you tell this researcher about this study?
A. The study will be very helpful in determining genetic impact on deviance.
B. The study could show relationships between child deviance and parent deviance.
C. The study would not show any nature characteristics as deviance is completely environmental.
D. The study might indicate that children have no control over how they behave.
Answer: B
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