Exam 6: Developmental Theories of Delinquency

_____ theory was developed by Rowe, Osgood, and Nicewander.

Some researchers argue that General Theory of Crime is _____, or involves circular reasoning.

The _____ to delinquent deviance begins at an early age with stubborn behavior, which leads to defiance and then to authority avoidance.

Explain why the work of Sheldon and Eleanor Glueck had such a great influence on developmental theory

Laub and Sampson found that delinquency and other forms of antisocial conduct in childhood are strongly related to adult delinquency, but not drug and alcohol abuse.

The Gluecks identified a number of personal and social factors related to persistent Offending, finding the most important of these factors was _____

Gottfredson and Hirschi traced the root cause of poor self-control to _____.

One of the most important longitudinal studies tracking persistent offenders is the _____.

Gaining employment, getting married, or joining the military create informal social control mechanisms that limit delinquent behavior opportunities; these events are considered to be _____ according to Sampson and Laub.

The view that criminality is a dynamic process, influenced by social experiences as well as individual characteristics is called _____.

Michael Gottfredson and Travis Hirschi developed the _____ theory..

The conduit to a delinquent career that begins with minor aggression, leads to physical Fighting, and eventually escalates to violent delinquency is called _____

A vital feature that assists people desist from delinquency is _____ or the purposeful execution of choice and free will.

Moffitt finds that life-course persisters combine family dysfunction with _____ that predispose them to antisocial behavior patterns.

The developmental view is that delinquency may be best understood as one of many social problems faced by at-risk youth, a view called _____.

Disruptions in life's _____ can be destructive and can ultimately promote delinquency.

General Theory of Crime attempts to explain all forms of crime and deviance, from lower-class gang delinquency to sexual harassment in the business community, with a single factor: _____.

There are several questions and criticism regarding Gottfredson and Hirschi's General Theory of Crime (GTC).One concerns ecological differences.Explain what this means.

Because a transition from one stage of life to another can be a bumpy ride, the propensity to commit crimes is neither stable nor constant; it is a/an _____ process.

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 is called _____