When Contrasting Life-Course-Persistent Offenders with Adolescence-Limited Offenders, Researchers Agree That

question 31

Multiple Choice

When contrasting life-course-persistent offenders with adolescence-limited offenders, researchers agree that

• A) both types of offenders have similar antecedents but different outcomes.
• B) the causes and consequences of the two are very different.
• C) although males and females are equally as likely to be life-course persistent offenders, males are more likely to be adolescence-limited offenders.
• D) the risk factors for life-course-persistent offenders differ for males and females.

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Definitions:

Receptor Sites

Three-dimensional proteins on the surface of the dendrites or certain cells of the muscles and glands, which are shaped to fit only certain neurotransmitters.

Resting Potential

The difference in electric charge between the inside and outside of a resting neuron's plasma membrane, critical for nerve impulse transmission.

Synapse

A synapse is the junction between two neurons or between a neuron and a muscle, where electrical or chemical signals are transmitted.

Neural Transmission

The process by which nerve cells (neurons) communicate with each other through electrical and chemical signals.