Explain the theory of the chronic offender and its importance for the criminal justice system

What will be an ideal response?


? Wolfgang's research in the 1970's resulted in the theory that chronic offenders are
responsible for the majority of violent criminal offending.
? As a result of this research, law enforcement and prosecutors have developed strategies to identify and convict chronic offenders.
? Habitual offenders laws which assign longer sentences to repeat offenders are also a result of chronic offender research.

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

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