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34 Cards in this Set
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four characteristics of life course theories
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1. developmental
2. integrative 3. career aproach 4. continuity behavior |
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six stages of human development
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prenatal, early childhood, middle childhood, adolesence, adult hood and senior
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what are the phases of the criminal career
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break in , stable, burnout phase
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what is a state?
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state is the mindset that someon is acting in.
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what is a trait?
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individual characteristics that persist over someones life
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what is state dependence?
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ability of past behavior to influence future behavior
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what is population heterogeneity
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underlying perpensity to engage in crime
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stability
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persistance in a behavior or style of acting over time
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what are three sources of data used to assess stability in behavior?
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official data, direct observation, self reported data
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what are the four early warning signs of persistent problem behavior that loeber identified?
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youths who engage in a variety of anti social acts as opposed to a limited number of antisocial acts are at increased risk of continuing this
youths who engage in extremely high rates of misbehavior early in life are more likely to continue over time to engage in antisocial conduct youths who show anti social behavior across settings such as school and home are more likely to continue antisocial conduct. the earlier the onset of antisocial behavior the more likely it is to continue |
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continuity
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it is the mechanism that produces stability
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homotypic continuity
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exact same behavior over time
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heterotypic continuity
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see different traits or behaviors over time with the same underlying thing
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cumulative continuity
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something working against them, snow ball affect
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interactional continuity
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individual makes one action and the enviroment responds
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the three person-enviroment interactions
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evocative- your action evokes negative response from your enviroment
proactive- seek out enviroments according to personality reactive- experience and response to the way enviroments act |
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what are the three sources of continuity?
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enviroment
genetics interaction between person and enviroment |
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what is positivism?
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scientific approach of studying crime
rejects idea of free will and choice |
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what are lombrosso's four types of criminals?
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born criminals - most serious
insane criminal ocassional crimina - most common criminals of passion |
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what approach did the gluecks take to studying the delinquent boys?
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took 500 delinquents and 500 non delinquents and matched them up on certain aspects of life
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what were the three differences that the glueke's observed between the two groups
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biology- delinquents had a muscular build compared to non delinquents who were smaller
temperment- delinquents were more aggressive, unnapreciative, narcisistic, destructive, outgoing, impulsive while the nondelenquents were compliant considerable and practical intelligence- delinquents were less capable of solviing problems methodically less verbal skills |
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what is a trajectory
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pathway of one's course of life
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what is a transition
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things that may change someones trajectory
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what is a turning point
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significant changes that definately change trajectories
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according to sampson and laub why do some individuals get involved in crime?
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they involved with crime because of weak social bonds
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according to sampson and laub what causes some criminals to change and begin conforming?
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peers
school parenting |
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what did sampson and laub add to their theory after following up with some of the men at age 70?
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routines activities theory
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what do godredson and hirschi assume about all humans?
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seek pleasure and avoid punishment and crime
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what are the characteristics of low self control
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impulsive
risky short sided physical |
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what factors determine whether one will develpe self control
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the parents!! attactcment and punishing bad behavior
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according to moffitt, what causes life course persistent offending?
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neuropsychological and adverse home enviroment lead to cummulative continuity
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according to moffitt what causes adolscense limited offending ?
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maturity gap
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why do life course persistent offenders continue offending into adulthood?
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cummulative continuity
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why do adolescence- limited offfenders desist
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because the maturity gap closes
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