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The development of offending and antisocial behaviour - criminal careers involve risk factors at different ages ie. teenage delinquency and the effects of events in the life course ie. becoming homeless

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Farrington 2003

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what is a criminal career?

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the longitudinal sequence of crimes committed by an individual offender - Blumstein et al 1986

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what is the peak age for offending?

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late teenage year: 18-20

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early onset offending predicts…

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a long/persistent criminal career

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a small fraction of the community commit…

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a large proportion of the crime

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Who said: crime is more likely to occur when bonds to society are weak (500 delinquents & non-delinquents followed through the life course)

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Sampson and Laub (1993; 2003)

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Who said that different informal social controls impact more heavily at different life stages? ie. marriage, employment, parenthood

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Sampson and Laub (1993; 2003)

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Moffitt (1993) said there were two types of offenders…

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  1. life persistent offenders (you’re fucked)

2. adolescence limited (you grow out of it)

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Life persistent Anti Social Behaviour is caused by…

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Neuropsychological deficits:
Verbal (listening, reading, memory)
ExecuctIve deficits: Attention- deficit/impulsivity aka. a difficult child

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Downhill Snowball effect…

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means you struggle to change your reputation/have opportunity to learn prosocial behaviour and have to live with the consequences of previous acts eg. teen pregz