Identify one weakness to the early biological theories of crime.

What will be an ideal response?


Examples: Proposed biological basis for socially defined categories of behavior; typically used small or inadequate samples; subject to the "dualistic fallacy"; weak operationalization of variables

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The doctrinal underpinnings of ______________ do not require that it be applied in all its rigor to a situation in which police officers ask questions reasonably prompted by a concern for the public safety is known as the Public Safety Exception

Fill in the blank(s) with correct word

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The _______ standard requires only that a defendant lack a substantial capacity to understand the nature or implications of their behavior

Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).

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A recent survey of teenagers aged twelve to seventeen measured the effects of three circumstances (1) stress, (2) ___________,

and (3) spending money on the likelihood that a teenager would engage in some form of substance abuse is called the "Triple Threat." Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).

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Meta-analysis can only be used when a sizable number of similar studies have been conducted.

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

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