Explain the various insights offered by the life-course perspective regarding the study of gangs and their members

What will be an ideal response?


The answer should include the following:
• Gang membership can be thought of as a trajectory, with some youngsters entering this trajectory and some not.
• Those who do enter it stay for varying lengths of time and become more or less involved in gang activities and behaviors.
• It is a reminder that the origins of gang membership are found in several domains, are multidimensional, and include childhood risk factors.
• It suggests that for many people gang membership may act as a turning point with the potential to alter or redirect basic life-course pathways.
• It suggests that the duration of gang membership should intensify its consequences.

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Justice Thurgood Marshall concurred in Batson v. Kentucky (1986 ), and would have

A. Required the seating of at least one member of a defendant's race and gender B. Disallowed a jury if the prosecutor eliminated all jurors of one race C. Required that after a prima facie showing of juror's removal on account of race, that the prosecutor's prove a non-racial motive by clear and convincing evidence D. Abolished the peremptory challenge entirely

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The higher the margin of __________ ratio, the less toxic the drug

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

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Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)

1.The Enlightenment is associated with advances in mathematics, science, and the dignity and worth of the individual as exemplified by a concern for human rights. 2.The Enlightenment is associated with advances in mathematics, science, and the dignity and worth of the individual as exemplified by a concern for human rights. 3.A hypothesis is best described as a set of interconnected propositions that explain how phenomena are related. 4.Criminality is the scientific study of crime and criminals. 5.Necessary cause is a term to describe a factor that is able to produce criminal behavior without being augmented by some other factor.

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Under the old common law, the killing of a fetus was not a homicide

a. True b. False Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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