Tony hit his playmates at age 3, shoplifted at age 10, committed burglary at age 19, and was convicted of rape at age 24. Tony is an example of a(n) __________ offender.

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Tony's criminal behavior began at a young age and continued into adulthood with increasingly serious offenses, suggesting he is a life-course-persistent offender. The other options do not fit Tony's pattern of behavior. Adolescent-limited offenders engage in delinquency during adolescence but not into adulthood, cohort refers to a group of individuals born at the same time who may have similar experiences, and psychopathic refers to an individual with a specific personality disorder characterized by a lack of empathy and remorse.

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