William Sheldon suggested that criminals tend to be of a certain body type. Today most sociologists suggest that if there is a relationship between body type and crime it is because
A) atavists cannot be sufficiently socialized.
B) endomorphs are fat, and therefore too lazy to work for a living.
C) ectomorphs are skinny (a sign of the high anxiety which leads them to criminal behavior) .
D) mesomorphs tend to be socialized differently (to be strong and insensitive)
E) bulimics cannot control their behavior.
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