Identify and describe the three different pathways or trajectories to crime. Explain why you agree or disagree with this theory
What will be an ideal response?
• The authority conflict pathway begins at an early age with stubborn behavior. This leads to defiance (doing things one's own way, disobedience) and then to authority avoidance (staying out late, truancy, running away).
• The covert pathway begins with minor, underhanded behavior (lying, shoplifting) that leads to property damage (setting nuisance fires, damaging property). This behavior eventually escalates to more serious forms of delinquency, ranging from joyriding, pickpocketing, larceny, and fencing to passing bad checks, using stolen credit cards, stealing cars, dealing drugs, and breaking and entering.
• The overt pathway escalates to aggressive acts beginning with aggression (annoying others, bullying), leading to physical (and gang) fighting, and then to violence (attacking someone, forced theft).
• Student views will vary.
You might also like to view...
The professional model and technology changed the relationship between the police and the community by:
A) Increase involvement by police officers in traffic enforcement changed peoples view from the police being protectors to the police being enforcers. B) As officers moved from foot-beats to the isolation of the radio cal, the casual day-to-day contact with the average citizen diminished substantially. C) It increased the distance between the police and the community. D) all of the above
CompSTAT was first adopted by the ______ in the 1990s.
A. New York Police Department B. Los Angeles Police Department C. Boston Police Department D. Philadelphia Police Department
If a person is convicted of a first degree felony they could receive which of the following?
a. Not less than 5 years b. Life (99years) c. Fines not exceeding $10,000 d. All of the above
When someone illegally obtains software and then "cracks" or "rips" it and posts it on the Internet for others to use, the resulting pirated software is called
a. "split." c. "slash." b. "warez." d. "ripez."