ADM JUS 1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 19: Burglary, Strongarm, Hispanic And Latino Americans
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Major changes that mark the transition from late adolescence to early adulthood (or why we see crime rates decline as people get older: Greater access to legitimate sources of material goods and excitement. College students downloaded stuff illegally cause mostly they were broke, those that have money don"t really do this. People believe you grow out of it. Young children: boy with boy, girl with girl. Growing up you can make friends with both genders. Teen with old people weird, but if 20s its acceptable with older people. Increased legal and social costs for deviant behavior. Adults: they should know better and get the book thrown at them. Patterns of legitimate opportunities that are less risky, more lucrative, and less likely to be reflected in official statistics. Adults doing secret stuff but their more to hide it. Able to control yourself the older you get. When compared to interpersonal violence, property crime bears some important distinctions: