Life Coarse Theories
Submitted by maxstone on November 20, 2008
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Life coarse theories emphasize different issues as being at the core of why persons do, and then often later do not, engage in criminal behavior. (p.79) There is much emphasis on the social world and the influences on individuals that come from outside the person.
One of the most influential psychological theories is Moffitt's developmental theory, which focuses on issues about the indiviaul's neurological system related to psychology. Terrie Moffitt argues that there are two basic varities of offenders: those who engage in crime/deviance only while they are young (adolescents) and those who begin their criminality during adolscence and reamin involved in criminal activities. Moffitt's theory presents a "taxonomy", refering to the fact that there are different types of criminals and their origins as well as activity have different characterisitics.
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