Question 1 1 pts Recent research suggesting that physiological factors may be involved in impulsive, deviant behavior include findings that men who

Question 1

1 pts

Recent research suggesting that physiological factors may be involved in impulsive, deviant behavior include findings that

men who engage in antisocial behavior may have smaller-than-average brains.

men who engage in antisocial behavior may have over-active salivary glands, suggesting high levels of general excitability.

boys who are persistently antisocial have deficient amounts of cortisol in their saliva following stress.

many antisocial boys have unusually severe fear reactions in the face of stress.

Question 2

1 pts

Increased testosterone levels are positively associated with increased violent behaviors in women.

True

False

Question 3

1 pts

Both attachments and investments help to explain why criminality declines with age.

True

False

Question 4

1 pts

Two variables that influence criminal activity more than any other variables are

race and sex.

social class and race.

sex and age.

age and educational level.

Question 5

1 pts

Some scholars have claimed that females commit less crime because they are socialized to be more law-abiding, and that crimes decrease as people age because their social attachments increase with age. According to Walter Gove, these explanations

have no merit.

do not account for the fact that age and gender differences are smaller for some crimes than for others.

fully explain age and gender differences in crime.

do not account for the fact that age and gender differences in crime do not exist in each racial group.

Question 6

1 pts

Joe has committed numerous crimes in his life. Lately, he's done a string of burglaries, but it is just as likely that his next "job" will be to steal a car or rob a liquor store as it is that he will do another burglary. This type of pattern is known as

being much less common among criminals in the United States today than was true thirty years ago.

offender flexibility.

offender versatility.

poly-crime.

Question 7

1 pts

Some European cities have higher homicide rates than some American cities.

True

False

Question 8

1 pts

For labeling theorists, the cause of most deviation is

pressures and negative motivations created by capitalism.

differential arrest rates.

reactions by the disenfranchised and oppressed against "normal" society.

social reactions to deviation.