Which of the following statements is true about adolescent delinquency?
A) The late-onset type is far more likely to lead to a life-course pattern of aggression and criminality than the early-onset type.
B) Most research on adolescent delinquency has focused on boys from middle- and upper-SES families.
C) Early-onset youngsters seem to inherit traits that predispose them to aggressiveness and also show subtle deficits in cognitive functioning.
D) The longer antisocial young people spend in prison, the less likely they are to sustain a life of crime.
C
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