Question

Both police arrests and self-reports show that delinquency:

A. is equally common among boys and girls.
B. rises in late adolescence and emerging adulthood.
C. rises over early and middle adolescence and then declines.
D. is often exaggerated and overreported.

Answer 1

AnswerAnswer:

B. rises in late adolescence and emerging adulthood.

Both police arrests and self-reports consistently show that delinquency rates increase during late adolescence and emerging adulthood, with a peak around age 18-20, and then decrease as individuals reach their mid-to-late 20s. This pattern is observed across genders and races/ethnicities. Therefore, option B is the correct answer.