According to our text, desistance is defined as “a person’s cessation of criminal activity or termination of a period of involvement in offending behavior (Schmalleger, 2012).” Persistence is “a person’s continuity in crime or continual involvement in offending (Schmalleger, 2012).” Social control theory is “a perspective that predicts that when social constraints on antisocial behavior are weakened or absent, delinquent behavior emerges. Rather than stressing causative factors in criminal behavior, social control theory asks why people actually obey rules instead of breaking them (Schmalleger, 2012).”
Social process theorists would utilize developmental pathways to explain that many children begin offending at early ages. There is
Social process theorists would utilize developmental pathways to explain that many children begin offending at early ages. There is