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5-1 AS (100 words with 1 reference)

According to OJP (2012), research indicates that a tiny proportion of out-of-control kids go on to become life-course offenders. The Study Group did discover data suggesting that many juvenile offenders tend to quit misbehaving in late adolescence and early adulthood, and that this trend is followed by a decline in impulsive conduct and an improvement in self-control in young people.

In contrast to the findings, I think this is still a social problem. Younger individuals who leave the region for other reasons, such as family relocation, may find themselves in new communities with stronger social standards.

From Youth Justice Involvement to Young Adult Offending. (2014, March 10). National Institute of Justice. Retrieved December 3, 2022, from https://nij.ojp.gov/topics/articles/youth-justice-involvement-young-adult-offending

5-1 RC (100 words with 1 reference)

While doing research for this topic I observed there to be some debate on this topic. Hirschi's and Gottfredson's believe that self-control explains individual differences in crime but cannot explain the overall age/crime curve (Sweeten G., et al., 2013). These theorists believe that there are too many variables that change with age to come up with a defined explanation that fits this scenario.

According to Youth Justice and Safety, research indicates that most juveniles grow out of their anti-social activity as the age into adulthood. Those who do not grow out of it tend to continue committing crimes into adulthood (Steinberg L., et al, 2015). Additionally, according to Youth Justice and Safety maturity and adult responsibilities has a big part in it as well. As adolescents become young adults criminal and delinquent behavior does not line up with adult life. As people get full time jobs, get married, have kids etc., this matures them.

5-2 RC (100 words with 1 reference)

The developmental theory is defined as the development of human behavior based on early experiences such as Erik Erikson's eight stages of psychosocial development (APA, 2022). Critical criminology is the belief that crime is based in class conflict and the structured inequalities of the class. Critical criminology strongly focuses on oppression, poverty and what is viewed as a crime (Kramer, 1984).

I have a hard time picking which one I would lean towards more than the other. I do believe Erikson's 8 stage theory is accurate and makes sense. Erikson's theory states that people develop through 8 different stages of life from infant to adulthood. During each stage, the person experiences a psychosocial crisis which could have a positive or negative outcome for personality development (McLeod, 2018). In order to have the best sense of self each stage needs to be completed successfully. If it's not completed successfully it can hinder your further development. This doesn't mean that stages can't be completed later in life, it just means that it may take longer. Based on this theory I would have to choose developmental theory as the one I lean towards most but I do believe that critical criminology makes very good points as well when it comes to low economical areas, what are viewed as crimes and how they are viewed as crimes.