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There is a difference in thought as to whether individuals are truly different or if individuals are essentially the same, but changed by environmental conditions.______(1)_______ contends that the propensity of an individual to participate in antisocial behavior is a relatively stable trait, unchanging over their life course. While ______(2)_______ states that the propensity to commit crime profoundly and permanently disrupts normal socialization and that people change and develop as they age. 

___________ is an inclination or tendency to behave in a particular way.

True or False. The basic concept of trajectory theory is that there is more than one path to crime and more than one class of offender; there are different trajectories in criminal careers. 

Each of the following is an example of dense connective tissue except

Which pair of criminologists are known as the founders of the developmental branch of criminology? 

True or False. Social Learning is the view that human behavior is modeled through observation of human social interactions, either directly from observing those who are close and from intimate contact or indirectly through the media.

List two of the four principal sources of behavior modelling. 

There are two different views on how personal and environmental factors cause crime-producing interactions. Which of the following is the view that states that there is a direct link between traits and crime; i.e. that people are susceptible to crime from birth? 

True or False. Ectomorphs have well-developed muscles and an athletic appearance; active, aggressive, violent, most likely to become criminals. 

Most skin cancers start in the stratum corneum because it gets the most direct sun exposure.