Long-term course effects (peterson article)

Question 1

Delinquency abstainers

Answer 1

• perfomed better than those with moderate dleinquency involvement
  -are not vulnerable and the theory about them needs to be modernized

Question 2

Lonley abstainers

Answer 2

• ## peformed just as well in education, employment, income

Question 3

LCP (life course persistant)
VS
AL (adolescent limited)

Answer 3

• persuasive and persistent
• origionate early in life
• small % of population
  VS
• emerges with pubert
• biologically mature however do not have status , role or access to adult prividelegs
  -delinquency is used as a suitable means to show autonomy and bond with peers

Question 4

Abstainers later on in life

Answer 4

• overcontrolled male abstainers are most successful
  age 26: constrainers personality and still abstained completley from crime; show low levels of mental health, high marriage, university educated, high status job
  age 40’s : non-offending group performed better than all other groups on adult outcomes
  Age 56: abstainers are most successful with problem free lives

Question 5

Latent class alnaysis: 2 types of abstainers

Answer 5

1. maldaptive group
   - low social status, low popularity
   - perform well as not engaged in deviance
2. Adaptive group
   - no defecits in social integration
   - outperformed maldaptive group in education, employment etc