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From Delinquency to Crime to Desistance MCQ

_____ is known as transition events in life (e.g., getting married, finding a job, moving to a new neighborhood) that may change a person’s life trajectory in prosocial directions.

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Correct Answer: Turning Points

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_____ is defined as a developmental theory asserting that five life domains interact over the life course once individuals are set on a particular developmental trajectory by their degree of low self-control and irritability.

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Correct Answer: “Super Traits” Theory

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_____ is something in individuals’ personal characteristics or their environment that increases the probability of offending.

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Correct Answer: Risk Factor

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Is moffitt’s Dual-Pathway Developmental Theory theory based on the notion of two main pathways to offending: One pathway is followed by individuals with neurological and temperamental difficulties exacerbated by inept parenting, the other by “normal” individuals temporarily derailed during adolescence?

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Correct Answer: True

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_____ is in Moffitt’s theory, the gap between the average age of puberty and the acquisition of socially responsible adult roles.

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Correct Answer: Maturity Gap

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Is life Course–Persistent (LCP) Offenders individuals who begin offending prior to puberty and continue well into adulthood and who are saddled with neuropsychological and temperamental deficits manifested in low IQ, hyperactivity, inattentiveness, negatively emotionality, and low impulse control?

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Correct Answer: True

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_____ is defined as an assumed “master trait” such as self-control said to influence behavioral choices across time and situations.

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Correct Answer: Latent Trait

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_____ is theory based on the notion that people have varying levels of antisocial propensity due to a variety of environmental and biological factors.

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Correct Answer: Integrated Cognitive Antisocial Potential (ICAP) Theory

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Is developmental Theories emphasize that individuals develop along different pathways, and as they do, factors that were previously meaningful to them (e.g., acceptance by antisocial peers) no longer are, and factors that previously meant little to them (e.g., marriage and a career) become meaningful?

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Correct Answer: True

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Is delinquency a legal term that distinguishes between youthful (juvenile) offenders and adult offenders. Acts forbidden by law are called delinquent acts when committed by juveniles?

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Correct Answer: True

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_____ is known as The persistent display of serious antisocial actions that are extreme given the child’s developmental level and have a significant impact on the rights of others.

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Correct Answer: Conduct Disorder

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_____ is defined as a chronic neurological condition manifested as constant restlessness, impulsiveness, difficulty with peers, disruptive behavior, short attention span, academic underachievement, risktaking behavior, and extreme boredom.

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Correct Answer: Attention Deficit with Hyperactivity Disorder

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_____ is theory stressing the power of informal social controls to explain onset, continuance, and desisting from crime. Emphasizes the concepts of social capital, turning points in life, and human agency.

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Correct Answer: Age-Graded Theory

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Is age–Crime Curve the statistical count of the number of known crimes committed in a population over a given period mapped according to age?

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Correct Answer: True

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_____ is known as the vast majority of youth who offend during adolescence and desist.

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Correct Answer: Adolescent-Limited (AL) Offenders

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According to Moffitt, one of the factors contributing to adolescence-limited delinquency is the presence of a ______ that occurs between puberty and entrance into the job market.

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Correct Answer: Maturity gap

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Which of the following is true of ADHD?

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Correct Answer: It is far more common among males than females

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According to Moffitt, ______ offenders are individuals who begin offending in puberty, and continue well into adulthood.

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Correct Answer: LCP

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Developmental theorists would tend to be the most directly supportive of which policy?

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Correct Answer: Early intervention programs

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______ is the theorist credited with the dual pathway developmental theory.

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Correct Answer: Moffitt

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According to age-graded theory, which of the following represents a turning point for many offenders?

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Correct Answer: All of the above

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One valid critique of developmental theories is that they fail to identify characteristics that lead to onset/persistence/desistance of antisocial behavior in the same individuals.

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Correct Answer: False

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Which of the following is not a risk factor for criminal offending?

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Correct Answer: High Intelligence Quotient

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“Delinquency” is a psychological term used to distinguish between occasional and habitual offenders.

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Correct Answer: False

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Agnew’s trait of ______ appears to be analogous with what most psychologists refer to as negative emotionality.

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Correct Answer: Irritability

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Developmental theories are most often based on which kind of studies?

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Correct Answer: Longitudinal Studies

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ADHD is more prevalent among females than males.

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Correct Answer: False

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Juvenile delinquency occurs in all societies, and to the best of our knowledge has always existed.

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Correct Answer: True

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Johnny frequently starts fight with others at school, at work, and at home. He started this behavior at a young age, and it has gotten progressively worse with time. This is most consistent with Moffitt’s ______ offenders.

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Correct Answer: Life course persistent

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