Lombroso claimed that______________?
Correct answer: A. biological failings drove some people into crime
- A. biological failings drove some people into crime
- B. no act is intrinsically deviant
- C. criminals were socialized into an underworld of crime
- D. women were less likely to be arrested than menSearch Public Records
Explanation
Lombroso’s positivist theory linked criminal behaviour to inherited biological traits or atavistic features, rather than seeing crime as learned through socialisation. The other options belong to different sociological explanations or describe a gender pattern.
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