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| Question | Answer |
| Developmental Theories | *focus on the onset, continuity, and transformation of a delinquent career Three Theories: *life course theory *latent theory *trajectory theory |
| Life 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 |
| the 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 |
| The 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 |
| Life course Concepts | *age of early onset *Problem Behavior Syndrome Continuity og Crime and Delinquency |
| age of early onset | *strongly predicts criminality later in life *poor parental discipline and monitoring is the key to early onset |
| Problem Behavior syndrome | *family dysfunction, smoking, substance abuse *educational unachievement, suicide attempts *early pregnancy |
| Continuity of Crime and Delinquency | *early delinquent activity is likely to be sustained *delinquency may be contageous |
| Age 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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