According to Sampson and Laub, what refers to positive life experiences such as gaining employment or joining the military, which create informal social control mechanisms that limit delinquent behavior opportunities?

Explanation:

The concept of turning points developed by Sampson and Laub is the process of abstaining a person from committing offences by altering their life experiences such as by providing employment, recruiting in the military, helping in family formation, shifting peer groups, etc.

Sampson and Laub provided a series of methods to create informal social control mechanisms which limit delinquent behavior opportunities in their book "Crime in  the Making: Pathways and Turning Points Through Life."

These methods are essentially studied by sociologists, criminologists, and psychologists to abstain and predict major life changes and decisions by potential future offenders.

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