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Which of the following items are incorporated into Farrington’s roster of predictive risk factors?

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Answer: D. All of the above

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Farrington identified family criminality and harsh parenting as key predictive risk factors. Low intelligence also contributes significantly to developmental delinquency risks. All listed items form comprehensive rosters of predictors in longitudinal studies. Criminological research identifies multiple interacting risk factors for future offending. Longitudinal studies track individuals from childhood to adulthood to spot patterns. Environmental and biological factors combine to influence antisocial behavioral trajectories.

Social service agencies target multi-problem families with early support interventions. Juvenile justice systems use risk assessment tools based on Farrington's findings. Policy makers design crime prevention strategies addressing childhood disadvantage. Overly harsh parenting is only one part of the broader correct multi-factor roster. Family criminality represents just one predictor among several validated risk variables. Low intelligence is a crucial factor but must be combined with the others.

Subject
Psychology
Category
Psychology
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Difficulty
medium

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