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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