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A stable feature, characteristic, property, or condition, such as defective intelligence or impulsive personality, that makes some people delinquency prone over the life course is known as a ______________.

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Answer:Latent trait

Explanation:Latent Trait theory explains why certain people carry out a particular action (crime). Crime committed by certain individuals are due to certain personal traits which prompts the individual to perform such action when the time(environment condition) is right.

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