Compared to Life Course-Persistent Offenders, Low-Level Chronic Offenders

question 38

Multiple Choice

Compared to life course-persistent offenders, low-level chronic offenders

• A) peak at round age 16 and then decline during late teens and early adulthood.
• B) begin antisocial behavior early and then remain at a high level throughout their lifetimes.
• C) exhibit a rise in offending through early adolescence, plateau, and then remain at the same offending level well past age 18.
• D) engage in no delinquency in early adolescence but then display high level delinquent behavior throughout adulthood.

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