Question 1

Explain the difference between "adolescent-limited" and "life course-persistent" offenders. What are the differences between the offense patterns for these two pathway groups?

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Question 2

Life course theories recognize that as people mature the factors that influence their behaviors change. At first, family relations may be most influential. In later adolescence, _________ and _________ relations dominate.

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Question 3

Developmental theories attempt to provide a global vision of a criminal career, encompassing its onset, persistence, and desistance.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

The concept of ____________assumes that the propensity of an individual to participate in antisocial and/or criminal behaviors is a relatively stable trait, unchanging over their life course.

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Question 5

What is known about the marriage factor and crime?

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A)  People who maintain successful marriages are more likely to mature out of a life of crime. 
B)  Marriage stabilizes people. 
C)  The marriage benefit may be intergenerational. 
D)  All of these are true about the marriage factor and crime.

Question 6

Those who study _______________ attempt to provide a more global vision of a criminal career, encompassing its onset, continuation, and termination.

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Question 7

Life events that enable adult offenders to desist from crime are known as:

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A)  developmental shifts. 
B)  transition events. 
C)  key spots. 
D)  turning points.

Question 8

Building __________________positive relations with individuals and institutions that are life sustaining supports conventional behavior and inhibits deviant behavior.

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Question 9

The association between self-control, poor impulse control, and crime applies more accurately to the motivations for juvenile crime: motivations for adult crime differ. This helps to explain the aging out process.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

What theory developed by Gottfredson and Hirschi considers the criminal offender and the criminal act as separate concepts?

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A)  human nature theory 
B)  age-graded theory 
C)  interactional theory 
D)  general theory of crime

Question 11

Discuss the history of development theory.

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Exam 9: Developmental Theories: Life Course, Latent Trait, and Trajectory