Which of the Following Is Not Supported by Research on Age-Graded

question 10

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is not supported by research on age-graded theory?

• A)As levels of cumulative disadvantage increase,crime-resisting elements of social life are impaired.
• B)Criminal career trajectories are set from an early age and cannot be reversed.
• C)Gaining social capital later in life helps erase some of the damage caused by its absence in youth.
• D)People change over the life course and factors that predict delinquency may have less of an impact on adult crime.

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