Review For Exam 2
Women and Crime
CCJ 4670
REVIEW FOR EXAM 2
Review the Key Terms at the end of each chapter.
Lecture 5 – Delinquency across the Life Span
1. Describe Claussen’s classic study of children of the Great Depression and its findings.
2. Define “turning point.” -involves a gradual or dramatic change which may lead to a modification, reshaping, or transition from one state, condition, or phase to another
3. Describe the various explanations for the age of desistance from crime. As age increases, criminal behavior decreases in frequency and seriousness. Ones identity in ages 17-20 begin to realize their life going nowhere and must make necessary changes to achieve success. The decision to give up or continue with crime is based on a person’s conscious reappraisal of the costs and benefits of criminal activity. Its not just aging that brings on desistance, but also the fear of punishment of being charged as an adult, rather than a juvenile. Crime is onset according to one’s peer relationships while it is desisted according to one’s peer relationships. Life course accounts of desistance asserts that there are multiple pathways to desistance which are consistent with the idea of informal social control. Examples like work, marriage, and community.
4. Describe the study performed by Terrie E. Moffitt and her colleagues and their findings. Proposed a taxonomy to differentiate juvenile offenders. They found that there are twodifferent age groups which indicate diff patterns for early risk of delinquency. Life course persistence (LCP) and Adolescence Limited (AL). These children developed a lifelong course of delinquency and crime at as early as age 3
These children may begin to
Bite and hit at age 4,
Shoplift and be truant at age 10,
Sell drugs and steal cars at age 16,
Rob and rape at age 22, and
Commit fraud and child abuse at age 30
Risk factors center on individual vulnerabilities that were evident in early childhood
Examples of risk factors for
CCJ 4670
REVIEW FOR EXAM 2
Review the Key Terms at the end of each chapter.
Lecture 5 – Delinquency across the Life Span
1. Describe Claussen’s classic study of children of the Great Depression and its findings.
2. Define “turning point.” -involves a gradual or dramatic change which may lead to a modification, reshaping, or transition from one state, condition, or phase to another
3. Describe the various explanations for the age of desistance from crime. As age increases, criminal behavior decreases in frequency and seriousness. Ones identity in ages 17-20 begin to realize their life going nowhere and must make necessary changes to achieve success. The decision to give up or continue with crime is based on a person’s conscious reappraisal of the costs and benefits of criminal activity. Its not just aging that brings on desistance, but also the fear of punishment of being charged as an adult, rather than a juvenile. Crime is onset according to one’s peer relationships while it is desisted according to one’s peer relationships. Life course accounts of desistance asserts that there are multiple pathways to desistance which are consistent with the idea of informal social control. Examples like work, marriage, and community.
4. Describe the study performed by Terrie E. Moffitt and her colleagues and their findings. Proposed a taxonomy to differentiate juvenile offenders. They found that there are twodifferent age groups which indicate diff patterns for early risk of delinquency. Life course persistence (LCP) and Adolescence Limited (AL). These children developed a lifelong course of delinquency and crime at as early as age 3
These children may begin to
Bite and hit at age 4,
Shoplift and be truant at age 10,
Sell drugs and steal cars at age 16,
Rob and rape at age 22, and
Commit fraud and child abuse at age 30
Risk factors center on individual vulnerabilities that were evident in early childhood
Examples of risk factors for