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According to Burke, why does alcohol have closer links with crime and criminal behaviour than most other drugs?
Alcohol is legal and readily available
What are the three facilitating factors that Conklin believes are often present when crimes are committed?
Alcohol, drugs and firearms
According to Lombroso, what is the only individual factor capable of causing criminal offending?
Alcoholism
What did Lombroso believe is the cause of alcoholism?
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Which of the following is NOT a perinatal risk factor associated with juvenile delinquency and adult crime?
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What is the direct link between perinatal risk factors and crime?
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What are the social disorders caused by foetal alcohol spectrum disorder?
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What is the general consensus on the influence of broken homes on delinquency?
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Which of the following is NOT identified as a potential cause of delinquent behavior in children?
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Which family structure is associated with a higher risk of delinquency?
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What is the proposed reason for middle children being more likely to exhibit delinquent behavior?
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What is Hirschi's opinion on family size and delinquency?
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According to Burton's study (2007), what is the relationship between alcohol use and aggression in South African youth?
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What is the believed link between crime and alcohol abuse?
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According to Walsh (2015), what is the relationship between drug abuse and criminal career?
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What did Da Rocha Silva and Malaka's (2008) study find about drug consumption in persons detained in police cells in South Africa?
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What types of offenses were the respondents arrested and/or convicted of before the study?
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What is Conklin's argument regarding the relationship between drugs and crime?
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What factors are important in forming the human personality?
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What is the primary unit in which a person is socialized in terms of the values, attitudes and processes that guide behavioral patterns in life, according to the text?
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Which of the following is a category of familial risk factors identified by Siegel and Senna (2000) that could be associated with delinquency?
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According to Cummings and Davies (in Schoeman 2002), a child's perception of marital and interfamilial conflict is based on which of the following factors?
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Which of the following forms of marital and interfamilial conflict have been identified as being negative or destructive by Cummings and Davies (in Schoeman 2002)?
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What are the effects of exposure to marital and familial conflicts on children, according to Cummings and Davies (in Schoeman 2002)?
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Which of the following is a risk factor for interfamilial criminal behavior?
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What is the relationship between abuse, neglect, and emotional deprivation and a child's ability to form interpersonal relationships?
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According to the social control theory, what is the relationship between a weakened bond with society and criminal behavior?
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What is the definition of socialization according to Conklin?
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What is the role of parents in a child's socialization process according to Conklin?
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What is the reason for the similarity in juvenile records between parents and children according to Siegel and Welsh?
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