Whenever Ralph Gets Paid He Goes to the Liquor Store

question 22

Multiple Choice

Whenever Ralph gets paid he goes to the liquor store and buys himself a 24 pack of beer, which he drinks in one sitting. By the time he is nearing the end of his beer, he is in a foul mood and he picks arguments with his wife, which escalates to physical violence. What is the sequence of factors that repeatedly lead to Ralph's assaults of his wife called?

• A) Offence cycle
• B) Criminal chain
• C) Offending trajectory
• D) Serial offending sequence
• E) Crime trajectory

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