Author Question: Taking delinquency as a dependent variable and looking at its relationship with two key independent ... (Read 87 times)

Redwolflake15 · **on:** Jul 2, 2018

Taking delinquency as a dependent variable and looking at its relationship with two key independent variables simultaneously, Hirschi found that __________.

a. the effects of intimacy of communication and number of friends picked up by police cancel each other out
b. the effect of intimacy of communication maintains itself while number of friends picked up by police cancels out
c. the effect of intimacy of communication cancels out while number of friends picked up by police maintains itself
d. both intimacy of communication and number of friends picked up by police have clear independent effects on delinquency

Question 2

Control theory seeks to explain why individuals don't commit deviant acts as
opposed to why they do.

a. true
b. false