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

question 31

Multiple Choice

When contrasting life-course-persistent offenders with adolescent-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 adolescent-limited offenders.
• D) the risk factors for life-course-persistent offenders differ for males and females.

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Definitions:

Equilibrium Price

The price at which the quantity of goods supplied is equal to the quantity of goods demanded in a market.

Quantity Demanded

The total amount of goods or services that consumers are willing and able to purchase at a given price level.

Demand

The amount of a particular good or service that consumers are willing and able to purchase at various prices during a certain period of time.

Midpoint Formula

A more precise way of calculating percentages using the value halfway between P1 and P2 for the base in calculating the percentage change in price and the value halfway between Q1 and Q2 as the base for calculating the percentage change in quantity demanded.