Exam 6: Developmental Theories of Delinquency: Life Course, Latent Trait, and Trajectory

In regard to the relationship between propensity and opportunity in the commission of delinquent acts, which of the following is correct? ​

What refers to the propensity to commit crime that profoundly and permanently disrupts normal socialization over the life course? ​

What theory places a lot of emphasis on the stability brought about by romantic relationships? ​

With a focus on the forerunner of delinquency, what area did the Gluecks research? ​

What is a cluster of antisocial behaviors that may include family dysfunction, substance abuse, smoking, precocious sexuality and early pregnancy, educational underachievement, suicide attempts, sensation seeking, and unemployment, as well as delinquency called? ​

Rather than a product of other social problems, how does problem behavior syndrome (PBS) portray crime? ​

Trajectory theory is a developmental approach that combines elements of propensity and general theory of crime. ​

According to the text, Zimmerman found that in high-crime neighborhoods, impulsive youth were no more delinquent than their nonimpulsive peers. ​

Paul was always a "hand full"; as a toddler and then preschooler he was stubborn, refusing to speak to people who spoke to him or comply with simple requests.  In elementary school, Paul's stubborn behaviors morphed into open defiance.  He would not comply with school personnel requests he go to his classroom or with his teacher when she asked him to read or complete an assignment.  At home, when asked by his parents to complete a chore or to do his homework, Paul would stare at them and simply say, "No."  When Paul entered middle school, he started staying out late and not going to school.  Eventually he started to run away whenever the mood struck him.  Which of the pathways appropriately describes Paul's delinquent behaviors? ​

Who, according to Terrie Moffitt, are abstainers? ​

What theory places more emphasis on the fact that behavior is linked less to personal change and more to changes in the surrounding world? ​

Teens with high IQs and low IQs will commit equal amounts of delinquency. ​

What pathway to delinquent deviance begins at an early age with stubborn behavior, and leads to defiance and then to authority avoidance? ​

One single factor, according to the general theory of crime, can explain all varieties of crime, from delinquency to insider trading to murder. What is that factor?

By middle childhood, what sustains antisocial behavior? ​

What program is designed to prevent serious antisocial behavior and related adolescent problems in high-risk children entering first grade? ​

Which of the following is a drug prevention program designed to strengthen the bonds between adults and children and provide opportunities for positive community involvement?

Trajectory theorists recognize that career delinquents may travel multiple roads. ​

Incorporation of social, personal, and developmental factors into complex explanations of human behavior is presented through what theory? ​

According to the text, what combined with family dysfunction predisposes life-course persisters to antisocial behavior patterns?  ​