Compare and contrast the criminal careers of occasional and conventional offenders. Should the criminal justice response to these types of offenders vary? Support your answer.
What will be an ideal response?
Occasional offenders are the opposite of career criminals; conventional criminals are usually unsuccessful aspirants to careers in crime (Clinard & Quinney, 1973, pp. 57, 132). Occasional property criminals steal or damage property on an infrequent basis. They account for most, but not all, auto theft, shoplifting, check forgery, and vandalism. These offenses are committed relatively irregularly and rather crudely, with little skill or planning. In contrast, conventional criminals tend to commit crimes of theft/larceny and burglary on a more regular basis and, although they are at the bottom rung of the ladder or continuum of career criminality, they exhibit elements of career criminality.
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a. true b. false
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What will be an ideal response?
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a. True b. False