Positivist Approaches Were Informed by the Assumption That ______

Multiple Choice

Positivist approaches were informed by the assumption that ______.

A) societal characteristics are responsible for criminal behavior
B) there is an identifiable biological nature inherent in all women
C) offending women are feminine, which makes them incompetent and prone to break the law
D) the differences between male and female criminality are due to gender, not sex differences