Criminal Behavior. How stable is criminal behavior?
Admin: this is a revision of the paper attached. Instructions here are "Could you please tie all three questions in a conclusion". Read Chapters 2 through 3 in Criminals in the Making by John Paul Wright and answer the following questions. How stable is criminal behavior? Why is it so stable? Why is this important to understand in terms of broader criminological theories? * Your task is to provide a reasoned, articulate, and empirically defensible reply to each question. * Your answers should be no longer than 1 page per each question (single-spaced, 12 inch type, 1 inch margins). Please avoid, to the extent possible, anecdotes and personal stories, as well as the use of direct quotes in your responses. Your papers must be in your OWN words. * Each reply will be evaluated on clarity, logic, and level of documentation. This means that you must cite your sources within the text and provide a list of references. You may use outside academic sources. Course Book:Criminals in the Making: Criminality Across the Life Course John Paul Wright Publisher: SAGE Publications, Inc. (May 16, 2008) ISBN-10: 1412955203 ISBN-13: 978-1412955201
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Based on the information provided by Wright et al (2008), it is evidenced that there exist certain behavioral characters that are developed at the early stages of human and remains stable throughout one's life from childhood to adulthood. Some of these characteristics include risk seeking, intelligence quotient (IQ), impulsivity, aggression, and inattentiveness among others (Wright et al, 2010). It is therefore, through the above behavioral characteristic that defines the stability of criminal behavior among people within the society. For instance, through developing aggression behavior among people at their childhood, defines one's decision on the people to associate with within their locality. Hence, through associating and acting aggressively with aggressive groups especially at adolescent stage, increases people's chances of committing crimes, which defines the stability of criminal behaviors as revealed by Wright et al (2008).
According to Wright et al (2008), there are various indications as to why criminal behavior remains consistent within people and society as a whole. One of the main indications is the development of certain traits within humankind that remains stable throughout one's life, from birth to death. For instance, Piquero et al (2012) revealed that not only intelligence quotients (IQ) remain stable within a given period of time but also other traits such as inatt...