Summarize the differences between LCP and AL offenders; discuss why more than two tracks or pathways to offending might be needed.

What will be an ideal response?


Life-course-persistent offenders demonstrate a lifelong pattern of antisocial behavior. Adolescent-limited offenders demonstrate delinquent antisocial behavior during the teen years; however, they stop offending during adulthood. AL offenders represent the majority of juvenile offenders.

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The belief in the Crime Model is based on the presumption that if police officers arrested more serious violent offenders and the courts incarcerated them expeditiously that would reduce serious violent delinquent offenders

Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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The Yakuza are most likely to be ______.

a. Chinese b. lower-class c. educated d. business men

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Identify a true statement about the instructions given to the jury by the judge after the attorneys for both sides have finished their closing arguments.

A. Pattern instructions are not published for general purposes and for civil and criminal cases. B. They remind the jury that jury nullification is a valid option. C. Prosecution attorneys have no role in designating which pattern instructions need to be given to the jury. D. They consist of an interpretation of the substantive and procedural law that applies to the case.

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The ___________ system is a prison system in which inmates worked and ate together during the day and then slept in solitary cells at night

A) ?Auburn B) ?Pennsylvania C) ?Elmira D) ?tier E) congregate

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