Exam 5: Adolescent Offenders Psychology of Criminal Behaviour

In terms of the protective factor of peers,the research suggests the following:

When examining the prediction of future adult offending,age of onset is a critical factor.

Proactive aggression is aggression in response to a perceived threat or frustration.

A child who has multiple risk factors but who can overcome them and prevail has been termed:

In keeping with the coercive family process model,a female who witnessed her mothers' aggressive behaviour toward partners was significantly less aggressive toward friends than average.

When considering antisocial behaviour and criminological risk factors the general finding is that:

Protective factors are variables that decrease the likelihood of a negative outcome such as antisocial behaviour and are effective because they:

Outline the five criminological risk factors that increases a youth's likelihood of offending.

Proactive aggressive youth are likely to have deficiencies in generating alternate responses and often choose an aggressive response.

Offenders are more likely to have had delivery/birth complications compared to non-offenders.

As a first step when coming into contact with antisocial youth,police are to consider:

The Young Offenders Act (YOA) was replaced in 2003 by the:

When examining the trajectory to adult offending,a clear pattern found is that:

How are youthful offenders (both under 12 years and 12-18 years old) charged and prosecuted in the Canadian Criminal Code?

Data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Children indicates that approximately 40% of youth admit to engaging in at least one antisocial act in the last year.

According to Statistics Canada,the most common sentence imposed on adolescent offenders in 2011-2012 was:

Explain the term "resiliency" as it relates to adolescent offending.

If a child is described as being resilient,it refers to the fact that he/she has few risk factors.

According to data collected by Statistic Canada for 2011-2012,youth crime rates:

Describe the nature of internalizing and externalizing problems that children may present before age 12.Identify which is more predictive of criminal offending later on in life and why.