What does research indicate about the relationship between intelligence and both juvenile delinquency and adult criminality?

What will be an ideal response?


Answer: Conclusion cannot be drawn confidently that delinquents are less intelligent than nondelinquents

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Which of the following statements is true?

a. Kiting is form of embezzlement. b. Leakage and shrinkage are interchangeable terms. c. Poachers who harvest cactus plants illegally are called burls. d. Looping is a method used in credit card scams.

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The coerced cessation of conflict is usually not a very effective strategy because it treats only the symptoms as opposed to the cause or causes of the problem. This particular strategy is called

a. avoidance b. suppression c. dominance d. integration e. repression

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In most jurisdictions, the owner of property can justifiably use reasonable ________ force to prevent others from unlawfully taking or damaging his or her property

A) affirmative B) nondeadly C) mechanical D) deadly

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Sampson and Laub developed the ______ theory based on longitudinal data collected between 1949 and 1963 by Sheldon and Eleanor Glueck.

a. differential association b. age graded developmental c. critical criminology d. general theory of crime

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