Define, then compare and contrast adolescent-limited (AL) offenders with the latter life-course persistent (LCP) offenders.
What will be an ideal response?
Moffitt (1993) calls the former adolescent-limited (AL) offenders and the latter life-course persistent (LCP) offenders. LCP offenders are individuals who begin offending prior to puberty and continue well into adulthood; they are saddled with neuropsychological and temperamental deficits that are manifested in low IQ, hyperactivity, inattentiveness, negative emotionality, and low impulse control.
AL offenders have a different developmental history that places them on a prosocial trajectory that is temporarily derailed at adolescence. They are not burdened with the neuropsychological problems that weigh heavily on LCP offenders, and they are adequately socialized in childhood by competent parents. They are, however, undergoing the neurohormonal changes noted earlier, which Agnew (2005) maintains makes them temporarily more irritable and unconstrained.
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