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Juvenile Delinquency chapter Five
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- 1Developmental Theories*focus on the onset, continuity, and transformation of a delinquent career
Three Theories:
*life course theory
*latent theory
*trajectory theory - 2Life course Theory (developmental theory)*focuses on changes in criminality over the life course
*as young as toddlers, people begin relationships and behaviors that will determine their entire life course
*disruptions in life's major transitions can be destructive and ultimately promote criminality - 3the developmental process (life course theory)*the propensity to commit crime (delinquent acts) is neither stab;e nor constant
*as people mature, the factors influence their behavior changed
*delinquent careers are interactionaL - 4The Gluek Research (life course theory)*to determine factors that predicted persistent offending
*focused on early onset of delinquency as a harbinger of a delinquent career.
*a number of personal and social factors were identified : the most important factor was family relationships
others included: physical and mental factors, intelligence, mental disease, physique - 5Life course Concepts*age of early onset
*Problem Behavior Syndrome
Continuity og Crime and Delinquency - 6age of early onset*strongly predicts criminality later in life
*poor parental discipline and monitoring is the key to early onset - 7Problem Behavior syndrome*family dysfunction, smoking, substance abuse
*educational unachievement, suicide attempts
*early pregnancy - 8Continuity of Crime and Delinquency*early delinquent activity is likely to be sustained
*delinquency may be contageous - 9Age Graded Theory*sampson and Laub (1993)
*stability of delinquent behavior can be affected by events that occur later in life- turning points
ex: marriage, career.
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