The results of adoption studies

A. support the claim that the criminality of the adoptive parents has more influence on the child than does the criminality of the biological parents.
B. support the claim that the criminality of biological parents has more influence on the child than does that of the adoptive parents.
C. suggest that neither the criminality of the biological parents nor the criminality of the adoptive parents affects the child.
D. are not reliable, as none of the adoption studies to date have been deemed methodologically sound.


Answer: B

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