Summarize the findings of adoption studies on the interaction between heredity and environment.
What will be an ideal response?
Adoption studies have found a positive correlation between genetics and criminality’ however environment is also very important. Some people may be born with a biological disposition to antisocial behavior, but environmental factors can facilitate or inhibit that.
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a. True b. False
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a. acquaintance stalking. b. stranger stalking. c. cyberstalking. d. intimate or former intimate stalking.
White-collar offenders typically have all of the following properties, except ______.
A. the offender works with other employees in the company B. the offender is spatially separated from the victim C. the offender has legitimate access to the location in which the crime is committed D. the offender’s actions have a superficial appearance of legitimacy
According to Quay (1965), an important feature in the behavioral description of a psychopath is the ______.
A. ability to escape detection B. neuropsychological need for excitement C. range of crimes committed D. poor judgment