Your professor considers himself to be a latent trait theorist. What is he likely to say that he believes is the reason some people commit crime?
A) Criminals carry a combination of traits which make them capable of committing crime, including low intelligence, low morality, and high testosterone levels.
B) We are not all born equally capable of committing crime because of varying levels of intelligence.
C) Some individuals are born with a predisposition to committing crime but opportunity affects when and if they do so over time.
D) Everyone is born with the desire and ability to commit crime but not everyone has the moral structure to do so.
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