Why Focus on Youth Crime and Control?

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1. Which group has the transition into adulthood become harder for, according to Osgood et al (2007)?

  • Ethnic minority youths.
  • Homeless youths.
  • Vulnerable young people.
  • Youths in care.
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2. What is the age of criminal culpability in France?

  • 13
  • 12
  • 14
  • 15

3. What was one of Farrington's (1995) risk factors?

  • School influences
  • Being from an ethnic minority
  • Having a disability
  • Having a conviction before the age of 21

4. In which year did the Home Office produce data on onset and desistance?

  • 2010
  • 2008
  • 2009
  • 2013

5. What did Arnett (2004) observe had changed the youth transition into adulthood?

  • Less financial independence, later marriage and a greater likelihood of higher education.
  • An increased birth rate, higher rates of post-graduate employment and a ageing population.
  • An increase in the cost of living, a secularised society and people attending higher education.
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