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What are the four key elements of the Developmental Life-Course theory? Explain each.
 
  What will be an ideal response?

Question 2

Discuss the history of the societal responses to juvenile delinquency in the United States.
 
  What will be an ideal response?



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Answer to Question 1

The answer should include the following points:


  • the development of offending and antisocial behavior

  • protective factors

  • the risk of offending at different ages

  • the effects of life events on the course of a persons social and personal development



Answer to Question 2

The answer should include the following points:


  • the colonial period

  • the houses of refuge era

  • the juvenile courts era

  • the juvenile rights era

  • the reform agenda era

  • the social control and juvenile crime era

  • the contemporary period




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