According to Gottfredson and Hirschi, why do people commit crimes?

a. because they have psychological disorders
b. because they learn to commit crimes from their friends
c. because their parents didn't teach them self control.
d. because they cannot achieve certain universal goals


c

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The relationships we have impact the choices we make and affect our health in three major ways; through __________,__________ and __________

a. social influence; person-to-person contact; access to resources b. marriage; family; networks c. interaction; institutions, ideology d. primary; secondary; tertiary groups

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Culture is communicated by the socialization process. Some agents of socialization are

a. the family. b. schools. c. the media. d. all of these.

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In national surveys of occupational prestige rankings in the United States, ________ receive among the highest scores and ________ receive among the lowest scores.

A. dentists; waiters and waitresses B. physicians; newspaper vendors C. sociologists; street-corner drug dealers D. librarians; janitors

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