Because the rates of crime and mental illness vary by different social groups (class, ethnicity, race, place of residence, and sex), proponents of the ________ approach assume that social and cultural factors are operative in the emergence of delinquent patterns.
A) biological
B) psychological
C) sociological
D) physiological

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The approach being described is the sociological approach, which assumes that social and cultural factors play a role in the emergence of delinquent patterns. The other options (biological, psychological, physiological) focus on individual factors rather than social and cultural ones.

Because the Rates of Crime and Mental Illness Vary by Different