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Human beings differ from other species in a number of important ways. They are, for example, a visually oriented species. They evaluate and interact with their environment primarily in terms of what they see rather than what they smell (as do canines), hear (as do bats), or touch (as do starfish). At birth, humans are among the most helpless creatures on earth because most of their brain development, unlike most other species, takes place after they are born. Without knowledge of this fact, it would be impossible to understand how humans develop in the first two decades of life.

Tell me thy company and I will tell thee what thou art.

– Cervantes, Don Quixote

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Warr, M. (2009). Peers and Delinquency. In: Krohn, M., Lizotte, A., Hall, G. (eds) Handbook on Crime and Deviance. Handbooks of Sociology and Social Research. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-0245-0_19

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