How are environmental neurotoxins related to aggressive behavior? Explain how this line of study relates to the vast amounts of lead found in the water in Flint, Michigan.

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Environmental toxins are also significant factors in outcomes such as hyperactivity, learning disabilities, and IQ deficits, all risk factors for antisocial behavior identified by biosocial theory. In addition to lead and mercury, which is emitted by coal-burning power plants, the most dangerous include heavy metals and substances such as manganese. Aside from its damaging effects upon the frontal lobes, exposure to lead in particular is associated with all of these deficits and a host of others including impulsivity, aggression, lack of self-control, and school failure.

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Assuming a police officer has reasonable suspicion to stop a person, what must the officer do before stopping him or her?

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During this time period, victims were the focus of the justice system.

a. Industrial Revolution b. Dark Ages c. Middle Ages d. Modern Times

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As of 2012, unions represented correctional officers in adult institutions in ________ states and the federal system.

A. 27 B. 4 C. 15 D. 37

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An investigator who is working a computer crimes investigation should get the potential suspect to sign ______ to search each piece of computer equipment

Fill in the blank(s) with correct word

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