Exam 5: Developmental Views of Delinquency: Life Course and Latent Trait

By following two matched samples of delinquents and nondelinquents until they reached age sixty-five, Laub and Sampson found that _____________ delinquents died of unnatural causes compared to the nondelinquent subjects.

Which of the following theories attributes delinquent behavior patterns to childhood socialization and pro- or antisocial attachments over the life course?

The _______________ pathway to a delinquent career that begins with minor aggression, leads to physical fighting, and eventually escalates to violent delinquency.

Moffitt's concept of ____________________ offenders describes a situation where chronic juvenile offenders' criminal careers extend into adulthood.

The ______________________, identified by Loeber and his associates, begins at an early age with stubborn behavior; it leads to defiance and then to authority avoidance.

Which of the following choices best describes the overt pathway?

Contemporary developmental research was inspired by the research efforts of Harvard's ______________________ in the 1930s.

According to Gottfredson and Hirschi, because those with low self-control can delay gratification, they are less likely to enjoy delinquent acts.

Which of the following is identified as the two critical turning points according to Sampson and Laub?

The ________________ view is that a delinquent career must be understood as a passage along which people travel, that it has a beginning and an end, and that events and life circumstances influence the journey.

According to psychologist Terrie Moffitt, _____________________ offenders begin offending late and age out of delinquency.

The __________________ is a developmental theory that modifies social control theory by integrating concepts from biosocial, psychological, routine activities, and rational choice theories.

A life course persister is an offender who follows the most common delinquent trajectory, in which antisocial behavior peaks in adolescence and then diminishes.

Using subjects in New Zealand, Wright and associates found that low self-control in childhood predicts disrupted social bonds and delinquent offending later in life.

Which of the following best describes the onset of crime according to interactional theory?

Burt and her associates found that kids whose parents improved their parenting skills over time experienced an increase in self-control and a subsequent:

The Gluecks' research focused on _______________________ as a harbinger of a delinquent career.

Which of the following choices best describes pseudomaturity?

The social development model contends that an impulsive personality is the key to delinquency.

The latent trait theory is a developmental theory that focuses on changes in behavior as people travel along the path of life and how these changes affect crime and delinquency.