What do developmental perspectives contribute to explanations of crime and delinquency?
What will be an ideal response?c
Answer: [key points to be made]
Answers may vary but might include any of the following:
*Look at turning points where significant life events decrease involvement in crime & delinquency
*Explain how likelihood of offending changes over time is more optimistic about reform
*Relies on changes in risk factors throughout life – dynamic rather than static
*Uses social capital to measure resources at one's disposal at various periods in life
*Some use neurological research findings and psychological as well as social learning to explain why one child in the family might have problems while others don't under same parenting
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a. O.W. Wilson b. J. Edgar Hoover c. August Vollmer d. Herman Goldstein
The court's role as a "superlegislature" refers to:
a. their role as an individual policy maker. b. their power to review acts of Congress. c. their influence they have over policy. d. the role they play in the policy process. e. the involvement of federal, state, and local courts in cases.
In the earlier system of law, the amount of punishment and restitution levied on the offender was determined by the amount of harm against the victim
Indicate whether the statement is true or false