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Criminology Theories, Patterns and Typologies

Larry J. Siegel

Chapter 5

Trait Theories - all with Video Answers

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Chapter Questions

02:06

Problem 1

What should be done with the young children of violenceprone criminals if in fact research could show that the tendency to commit crime is inherited?

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02:08

Problem 2

After considering the existing research on the subject, would you recommend that young children be forbidden from eating foods with a heavy sugar content?

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Problem 3

Knowing whar you do abour rrends and patterns in crime, how woukd you counteract the assertion that people who commit crime are physically or mentally abnormal? For example, how would you explain the fact that crime is more likely to occur in westem and urban areas than in eastem or rural areas?

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02:51

Problem 4

Aside from becoming a serial killer, what other career paths are open to psychopaths?

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Problem 5

Research shows that kids who watch a loc of TV in adolescence are more likely to behave apgressively in adulthood. This has led some to conclude that TV watching is responsible for adult violence. Can this relationship be explained in another way?

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