Chronic offending often starts with ______ offenses, such as truancy, smoking, and underage drinking, but then escalates to more serious offenses, such as burglary, robbery, and assault.

Gottfredson and Hirschi believe that socialization controls are established ______.

 ______ developmental theory or taxonomy distinguishes two types of offenders: life-course persistent and adolescence-limited offenders.

Sampson and Laub strongly emphasize the importance of ______, or specific events, that are important in altering long-term trends in behavior.

Before 1970, criminological theories did not attempt to explain the ______ of individual criminal careers.

Problem 1 (25 Points):  White Noise Driven Random Process Let \(X_n\) be a zero mean stationary Gaussian random process and assume that $$\hat{X}_n = E\left[ X_n | X_j \mbox{ for } j

Explain some of the differences between the Romantic and the Modernist movements in literature. Write a paragraph of at least 150 words and use an example of a work of literature from each of those two movements 

The 10-year UST yield is likely to go lower if the US Treasury Department issues more ___ and fewer ___ than the market had previously expected.

US stocks currently trade at a ___ P/E multiple than European stocks.

In class, we discussed the fact that ___ recently approved a huge stimulus plan (worth a little more than $1 trillion).