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Hi Rochelle, excellent post this week. I do agree with you and that you made an excellent point on your post. As indicated in the biosocial theory anyone has the potential of being criminal. What we know that there are many factors that lead to criminality, and this true as we have already seen throughout this class. Although the biosocial theory probably has some merit to a certain extent but I don’t believe this concept is true for everyone. Overall great post.

Hello Jade, great post this week. I believe that Lombroso’s studies deserve some validity in so many front. However, I disagree with his approach that criminal inherent criminal trait. I know that this may not apply to everyone but there are other instances that some folks may inherent

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