Summarize the commonalities of major developmental theories found in this chapter.

What will be an ideal response?


All theories maintain that although a criminal career may be initiated at any time, it is almost always begun in childhood or adolescence. The duration of a criminal career may be limited to one offense, or it can last well into old age, with the frequency and seriousness of offending varying widely. Onset, frequency, duration, seriousness, and desistance depend on a variety of interacting individual and situational factors that vary across the life course.

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__________ are malicious hackers who deliberately cause damage with no apparent personal gain

Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).

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Program Development Education (PDE) was designed to

a. improve how schools are managed by principals. b. obtain tutoring for high risk students. c. get parents to volunteer for school projects. d. weed out problem students from the classroom.

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A(n) __________ release is a nonfinancial pretrial release wherein the defendant is released on a promise to fulfill some requirement such as staying employed or participating in a treatment program

Fill in the blank(s) with correct word

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This U.S. Supreme Court held that police may use a drug-sniffing dog around the outside of a vehicle during a routine traffic stop even when police have no grounds to suspect illegal activity

A) Illinois v. Caballes B) Terry v. Ohio C) Arizona v. Gant D) United States v. Karo

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