Margot, a college senior who majors in criminology, fancies herself as skilled in predicting dangerousness when she reads case histories of teenage thieves. Which piece of information
Would be most instrumental in enhancing Margot's accuracy in predicting violence?

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Margot's prediction accuracy would be enhanced by knowing if the teenager had engaged in past violence. Research has shown that past violence is a strong predictor of future violence. The other factors listed may also provide important information, but past violence is the most directly relevant to predicting future dangerousness.

Margot, a College Senior Who Majors in Criminology, Fancies Herself