In 600 words, analyze life course offenders using developmental theories of crime by doing the following:

Find an example of a person who is or was a life course offender (someone with a very long criminal history, serial killers, etc.).

1. Determine if the criminal's persistent offending can be explained using life course, latent trait, and trajectory theories.
2. If any of those three theories do not account for the criminal's persistent offending, explain why.
3. Explain which of the three theories best account for this criminal's persistent offending.