Sampson and Laub's Theory of Cumulative Disadvantage

question 6

Multiple Choice

Sampson and Laub's theory of cumulative disadvantage:

• A) suggests that attachments develop in response to key life events like getting married and having kids.
• B) claims that labeling can limit opportunities for employment and interpersonal relationships and that this creates a situation in which the offender is free to commit more crime because there is little to lose.
• C) argues that chronic offenders are often abused as children and grow up in criminogenic environments.
• D) identifies two types of offenders: adolescent-limited and life course persistent.
• E) proposes that poverty-stricken communities suffer from social disorganization and this causes a higher percentage of the residents to become serious criminals.

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