The Life-Course Perspective Argues That

Multiple Choice

The life-course perspective argues that

A) the factors that influence people's entrance into criminal activity and the factors that induce them to give up criminal activity are the same.
B) all offenders commit fewer crimes as they grow older because they have less strength, less mobility, and so on.
C) the frequency of criminal involvement depends on such social factors as economic situation, peer pressure, and lifestyle.
D) the decrease in crime rates after adolescence implies that the number of crimes committed by all individual offenders declines.