Exam 6: Developmental Theories of Delinquency

Children who suffer anoxia during the birthing process are the ones most likely to lack self-control later in life, suggesting impulsivity may have a biological basis.

Explain the concept of problem behavior syndrome.What is your view of this concept? Explain.

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

Both life-course and latent trait theorists maintain that persistent offenders are early starters.

When a person has positive relations with individuals and institutions, as in a successful Marriage or career, that support is sometimes referred to as _____.

_____ theory suggests that there is more than one path to a delinquent career.

Some offenders may begin their careers early in life, whereas others are late bloomers who begin committing delinquency when most people desist.

_____ refers to the propensity to commit crime that profoundly and permanently disrupts normal socialization over the life course.

_____ is a program designed to prevent serious antisocial behavior and related adolescent problems in high-risk children entering first grade.

Explain how disruption promotes delinquency.Would you agree or disagree with this concept? Why or why not?

Defective intelligence, impulsive personality, genetic abnormalities, and the physical Chemical functioning of the brain are all examples of a _____.

The _____ to a delinquent career begins with minor underhanded behavior, leads to property damage, and eventually escalates to more serious forms of theft and fraud.

David Farrington found that the traits present in persistent offenders can be observed as early as age 4.

Terence Thornberry's interactional theory postulates that the onset of delinquent behavior can be traced to a deterioration of the social bond during adolescence.

If an offender's delinquent career continues well into adulthood, the offender is referred to as a/an _____

The foundation of developmental theory can be traced to the pioneering work of _____.

An aspect of life-course theory is the continuity of delinquency: the best predictor of future criminality is past criminality.

_____ theories incorporate social, personal, and developmental factors into complex explanations of human behavior.

A stable feature, characteristic, property, or condition, such as defective or impulsive personality that makes some people delinquency prone over their life course is called _____.

The developmental view holds that delinquency may best be understood as one of many _____ problems.