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Locate a recent news article about an adolescent offender. Refer to Figure 9.2 on p. 292 (attached). Describe the development of the offender's behavior. Post a 200-300 word response to this question. If the behavioral pattern is not corrected, where might it lead as the adolescent reaches adulthood? All help will be appreciated.

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Based on Figure 9.2, this solution discusses a recent news article about an adolescent offender's behavior and the implications for adulthood, if the behavioral pattern is not corrected.

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Interesting topic! Have you researched this topic yet? If not, that is the place to start. Your attached file does not have the figure 9.2, but I have managed to located it on-line. I attached one article to consider and to analyze based on the figure, from which this response is drawn.

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1. Locate a recent news article about an adolescent offender. Refer to Figure 9.2 on p. 292 (attached). Describe the development of the offender's behavior. Post a 200-300 word response to this question. If the behavioral pattern is not corrected, where might it lead as the adolescent reaches adulthood?

Reported in the ABC news, in NEW YORK (July 25), two middle-school students in Oregon are facing possible time in a juvenile jail and could have to register as sex offenders for smacking girls on the rear end at school. Specifically, "Cory Mashburn and Ryan Cornelison, both 13, were arrested in February after they were caught in the halls of Patton Middle School, in McMinnville, Ore., ...

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