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Identify and explain the three neurotransmitters that seem to be particularly related to aggressive behavior and how they interact with the brain to result in aggression.

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-Serotonin, which regulates moods, appet...

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Causation between two variables means that they tend to vary together.

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An approach to ethical reasoning in which the "correct" decision is the one that results in the greatest amount of good for the greatest number of people affected by that decision is called __________.

Which of the following is the hormone that is primarily associated with criminal offending?

The scientific study of mental processes and behavior is called __________.

The study of crime as it is related to social structure is NOT tied to which of the following theory?

__________ is the study of how certain traits or qualities are transmitted from parents to their offspring.

Contrast positivism with classical criminology and give an example of a theory that exists in each category.

Which of the following are used to determinate the nature of the relationship between Genetics and criminal behavior?

An approach to drug addiction that treats drug abuse as a mental illness is called the __________ model of addiction.

Who is known as the "father of criminology?"

The school of criminology that considers criminal behavior to be the predictable result of a person's interaction with his or her environment is called __________.

Strain theory has its roots in the concept of _________, which results when social change throws behavioral norms into flux, leading to a weakening of social controls and an increase in deviant behavior.

__________ is when the relationship between two measurements or behaviors tend to move in the same direction.

The __________ theory holds that criminal laws are designed by those in power (the rich) to help them keep power at the expense of those who do not have power (the poor) .

Social conflict theories are a school of criminology that views criminal behavior as the result of class conflict.

According to Freud, the abstract system that interacts in the brain to "learn" the expectations of family and society and also acts as the conscience for an individual is called the:

Which of the following is a proposition that can be tested by researchers or observers to determine if it is valid?

According to the 2010 National Survey on Drug Use and Health, __________ make up the largest racial and Ethnic group of a category of illegal drug users.

According to the 2010 National Survey on Drug Use and Health, most drug users fall in which age category?