Youth Crime and Control
- Created by: Freya Lindsey
- Created on: 31-10-17 15:10
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2. What did Laub, Nagin and Sampson (2003) compare desistance to?
- Currency
- A pension
- A stock
- Investment
3. In which year did Bowlby write that the key to healthy development is a continuous relationship with the mother?
- 1921
- 1944
- 1953
- 1939
4. What were the key features of the Industrial Revolution?
- Pollution of the atmosphere increased and there was an increase in disease.
- Large numbers of people moved to cities, children were exploited and the conflict between 'innocence' and 'experience' began.
- There was an increase in vagrancy, street urchins and troublesome children hanging around.
- Children began working in factories from as young as four or five.
5. What were Sampson and Laub's (2003) findings?
- Family bonds mediate social and biological risk factors, crime is induced by a lack of stable social control and crime may break fragile ties to conventional society, thus rendering the person more free to engage in crime.
- A strong relationship with the mother will prevent the likelihood of a child becoming criminal because this is the most important factor in a child's development.
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