Exam 9: Developmental Theories Life Course Latent Trait and Trajectory

Gottfredson and Hirschi trace the root cause of poor self-control to inadequate:

In a critical 1990 article, David Rowe, D. Wayne Osgood, and W. Alan Nicewander proposed the concept of _______ to explain the flow of crime over the life cycle.

The general theory of crime identifies five life domains that shape how an individual reacts to constraints and motivations. Which of these is not a life domain?

The Gluecks' research was highly praised for nearly thirty years as the study of crime and delinquency shifted almost exclusively to social factors.

According of Farrington, ____________ involves passive obedience to the demands of others, such as submitting to physical or sexual abuse without response.

Latent trait theories hold that some underlying condition present at birth or soon after controls behavior.

Agnew's general theory of crime and delinquency indicates that crime and social relations are reciprocal. The way an individual reacts to constraints and motivations is shaped by five key elements of human development, called life domains.

According to theories of the life course, _____ factors are examples of feathres such as information processing and attention/perception.

Criminal conduct has been found to increase the chances of premature death due to both natural and unnatural causes, including deaths from accidents, homicide, and suicide.

A __________________ is a stable feature, characteristic, property, or condition present at birth or soon after that makes some people crime-prone over the life course.

Fast Track is designed to prevent serious antisocial behavior and related adolescent problems in high-risk children entering high school.

Aging out is explained by latent trait theory in that one's propensity to commit crime remains steady over the life course. Only the opportunity to commit crime fluctuates over time.

According to latent trait theories, while the _____ to commit crime is stable, the opportunity to commit crime fluctuates over time.

Wolfgang found that while many offenders commit a single criminal act and thereafter desist from crime, a small group of ___________________engage in frequent and repeated criminal activity and continue to do so across their life span.

Which of the following is not an antisocial behavior that problem behavior syndrome argues affects the likelihood of criminal behavior?

Who developed the life course theory to offer separate explanations for persistent offenders and adolescent-limited offenders?

When referring to age-graded theory, research supports Sampson and Laub's suspicion that criminal career trajectories can be reversed if:

Gottfredson and Hirschi suggest that low self-control is a function of the environment.

According to Gottfredson and Hirschi's general theory of crime, the propensity to commit crime is tied directly to a person's level of __________________.

_____ who have early experiences with antisocial behavior are the ones most likely to persist throughout their life course.