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WJEC Criminology| Theories Of Crime Level 3 Exam| Complete Solution xyy theory (jacobs) - CORRECT ANSWER-- xyy syndrome is where men have an extra y chromosome - xyy men are said to be more aggressive and violent - jacobs argued that this was true as xyy men are overrepresented in prison populations (15 per 1000 in prisons, 1 per 1000 in general population) twin studies (lange & christiansen) - CORRECT ANSWER-- is crime a heritable trait? - testing the concordance rates of criminal activity between mz and dz twins - lange - mz twins had higher concordance rates than dz twins - christiansen - concordance rates were highest in mz male twins and lowest in female dz twins adoption studies (hutchings & mednick) - CORRECT ANSWER-- is crime biological (parents) or nature (adopted parents)? - hutchings and mednick - higher proportions of boys with criminal convictions had biological parents with convictions too - mednick - no relationship between criminal activity and adoptive parents and children

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