The textbook describes a study by Caspi,Moffitt,and colleagues (2002) that examined the extent to which childhood mistreatment,as well as a defective gene,predicts violent crime conviction by age 26 among men.Which of the following best describes the finding?
A) People with the defective gene were more likely to be convicted of a crime by age 26, regardless of whether they were mistreated as children.
B) People who were mistreated as children were more likely to be convicted of a crime by age 26, but having the defective gene did not predict aggression.
C) There was no relationship between the specific defective gene being examined in that study, but the study still suggested that aggression is primarily genetically caused.
D) People with the defective gene who were also mistreated as children were the most likely to be convicted of a crime by age 26.
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