Compared to life course–persistent offenders, low-level chronic offenders ______.
A. peak at around age 16 and then decline during late teens and early adulthood
B. begin antisocial behavior early and then remain at a high level throughout their lifetimes
C. exhibit a rise in offending through early adolescence, plateau, and then remain at the same offending level well past age 18
D. engage in no delinquency in early adolescence but then display high-level delinquent behavior throughout adulthood
C. exhibit a rise in offending through early adolescence, plateau, and then remain at the same offending level well past age 18
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