How can the process of aging out be explained?

What will be an ideal response?


Because latent traits are stable, people who are antisocial during adolescence are the most likely to persist in crime. The positive association between past and future criminality detected in the cohort studies of career criminals reflects the presence of this underlying stable criminal propensity. That is, if an impulsive personality contributes to delinquency in childhood, it should also cause the same people to offend as adults because personality traits remain stable over the lifespan. According to the concept of state dependence, kids who have the propensity to commit crime will find that this latent trait profoundly and permanently disrupts normal socialization. Disruptions in socialization thereafter increase the risk of prolonged antisocial behavior.

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Because women and girls represent a smaller proportion of the correctional population, programming for them has traditionally been ______.

a. individualized b. tailored to women and girls c. geared toward men and boys d. more robust

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To be diagnosed with ______, a victim must have experienced or witnessed a traumatic event.

a. schizophrenia b. posttraumatic stress disorder c. anxiety d. depression

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For a warrant to be issued the officer must be willing to swear by oath or affirmation, often accomplished through the use of an _______

Fill in the blank(s) with correct word

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Community policing has its roots in:

a. England c. New York b. Chicago d. California

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