List some of the proposed explanations that explain changes in offending over time
What will be an ideal response?
The answer should include the following points:
• Maturation and aging account for desistance: relatively minor gains from crime lose their power to reinforce deviant behavior as juveniles mature and develop increasing ties to conventional society
• Developmental accounts of desistance: identity changes account for reduction or cessation of crime
• Rational choice accounts for desistance: the severity of the adult penal system appears to deter criminal behavior
• Life-course perspective accounts for desistance: desistance is a process rather than an event: a process that operates simultaneously at different levels and across different contextual environments
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