Question

When Barbara was a teenager, she smoked marijuana and often consumed alcohol with her friends. She also shoplifted a few times and drove a car without a license. Today, Barbara is a successful lawyer and has never been arrested as an adult. With regard to her status of criminal activity, Barbara is BEST described as a(n):________.

Answer 1

Answer: Adolescent-limited offender

Step-by-step explanation:

Adolescent-limited offender refers to an individual who demonstrates unruly antisocial behavior only during his or her adolescence years but stops as such individual matures and grow into adulthood. The antisocial behavior expressed during teenage years by that individual would be as a result of peer pressure.

This is the situation with Barbara, a lawyer who is now a law abiding citizen at adult hood but involved with delinquent behaviors as a teenager.