What has the research on self-control theory found?

What will be an ideal response?


Answer: [key points to be made]
*Most offenders are young and impulsive and less dramatic in nature than media projects
*Offenders do not really specialize in one type of crime the way you might think
*The stability of self-control as a product of child rearing is not clear, one study found the stability of self-control may be more genetic than parental
*White collar offenders may be different than other offenders

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What will be an ideal response?

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A) leadership; community B) police officer; group C) community; police officer D) agency; judicial E) subjective; objective

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China's “one-child policy” has resulted in

a. inexplicably, more overpopulation. b. a decrease in population, but an even number of males and females. c. a bias in favor of females (males are often aborted) and unsustainable population decrease. d. a bias in favor of males (females are often aborted) and unsustainable population decrease.

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a. genocide b. warfare c. assassinations d. torture

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