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Gavin (2014) |
•psychodynamic theories: week super ego, id operated with no control Later psychodynamic theories: delinquency due to identity crisis due to inner conflict |
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Moffitt’s developmental theory (1993) |
•identified two developmental pathways that lead to delinquency •life-course persistence (LCP) •Adolescence limited |
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Life-Course Persistency (LCP) |
•begin manifest in early age, continues throughout adulthood •remain stable through adulthood •genetic factors aren’t the cause/but are impacted by neuropsychological deficits •as children miss out on opportunities in each stage of development to do with prosocial and interpersonal skills
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Adolescent limited (AL) |
•traced to early childhood •limit offending until adolescence •engage crimes that seem beneficial or rewarding •commit delinquency acts because of frustration with maturity gaps |
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Similarities with LCP and AL |
•offending type similar during adolescent •records such as; dangerous driving, unsafe sex, substance misuse, peer deliquency |
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General strain theory (Agnew, 1992) |
•explain imdividual differences in deliquncy •contributional factors include: parental rejection, child neglect/abuse, negative high school experiences, peer abuse, discrimmination •lead to negative emotions; increased irritatability due to strain and can trigger revenge motivr |
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Coercion Developmental Theory (patterson 1986) |
•devient behaviours occur depending on bidirectional coercion proccesses that occur between parent and child •coercion defined:aversive event leads to negative behaviour •two different trajectories: early onset and late onset |
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Early onset |
•begin in deliquincy early childhood •continue to engage in chronic and serious form •claims that poor monitoring of child activities, disruptive family transitions and inconsistent parienral diciplins are psychological contributions |
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Late onset |
•engage in devient behaviours at adolescense •prosocial behaviours are more reinforcing than deveiant behaviours (patterson & Yoerger, 2002) |
