CJ ST 241 Chapter Notes - Chapter 7: Preadolescence, Gerald Patterson, Assortative Mating

• School: Iowa State University
• Department: Criminal Justice Studies
• Course: CJ ST 241
• Professor: DeLisi

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Wull togethe(cid:364) st(cid:364)ongest pa(cid:364)ts of olde(cid:364) theo(cid:364)ies. Suggest ke(cid:411) (cid:364)isk facto(cid:364)s of delin(cid:363)uenc(cid:411) change as an indi(cid:404)idual g(cid:364)o(cid:405)s olde(cid:364) Ke(cid:411) p(cid:364)otecti(cid:404)e facto(cid:364)s against delin(cid:363)uenc(cid:411) also change (cid:405)ith age. The(cid:411) (cid:404)ie(cid:405) delin(cid:363)uenc(cid:411) as a patte(cid:364)n of beha(cid:404)io(cid:364) - not an isolated e(cid:404)ent. The(cid:411) (cid:364)ecognize that delin(cid:363)uent (cid:411)ouths often ha(cid:404)e antisocial cha(cid:364)acte(cid:364)istics. )e(cid:404)elopmental theo(cid:364)ies : theo(cid:364)ies that focus on an indi(cid:404)idual"s life cou(cid:364)se, (cid:364)athe(cid:364) than one disc(cid:364)ete point in time. W(cid:364)e(cid:404)alence : measu(cid:364)e of (cid:405)hethe(cid:364) an indi(cid:404)idual has committed an(cid:411) delin(cid:363)uenc(cid:411) in a gi(cid:404)en time. Incidence: a measu(cid:364)e of ho(cid:405) much delin(cid:363)uenc(cid:411) someone has committed o(cid:404)e(cid:364) a gi(cid:404)en time. )elin(cid:363)uent ca(cid:364)ee(cid:364) : the patte(cid:364)n of delin(cid:363)uent beha(cid:404)io(cid:364) that an indi(cid:404)idual e(cid:410)hibits o(cid:404)e(cid:364) the cou(cid:364)se of his o(cid:364) he(cid:364) life. Risk facto(cid:364)s : situations, settings, e(cid:404)ents o(cid:364) cha(cid:364)acte(cid:364)istics that dec(cid:364)ease the likelihood that one (cid:405)ill be delin(cid:363)uent. Age-c(cid:364)ime cu(cid:364)(cid:404)e : the notion that c(cid:364)ime inc(cid:364)eases in p(cid:364)eadolescence and g(cid:364)o(cid:405)s th(cid:364)ough (cid:411)oung adulthood and then d(cid:364)ops.