Access to full-text SAGE journal articles that have been carefully selected to support and expand on the concepts presented in each chapter. Journal articles can act as an ideal resource to help support your assignments and studies.

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Article 1: Polloway, E. (1985). Minds made feeble: The myth and legacy of the Kallikaks. Remedial and Special Education, 6(5). 56-57. doi: 10.1177/074193258500600510

Questions to Consider:

1. Who are the Kallikaks?
2. Why must we look at history according to the author?
3. What makes the book the author is discussing different than other works on the same topic?

Article 2: Fox, R. (1969). XYY Chromosome and crime. Australian & New Zealand Journal of Criminology, 2(1). 5-19. doi: 10.1177/000486586900200102

Questions to Consider:

1. What is the XYY Chromosome?
2. What did the article discover about the relationship between the XYY chromosome and crime?
3. Where do we stand as a discipline concerning biological explanations of criminality?