Social Learning Theory Chapter 7

1. A In chapter 7 this chapter mostly talked about the different theories society has created through social routines. These theories were created to control and describe why criminals commit crimes through their community and social values. This chapter focused more on the variables and factors of why they commit crime rather than stating they commit the crime because of their deemed deviant. In fact, chapter 7 is mainly on the view part of recognizing why certain people replicate crime differently causing the criminal behavior to happen. One thing I liked about this chapter is how Gabriel Trade who coined the idea of crime is a learned process. Was able to look back on past theorist and interpret his ideas towards their research. He created

For starters, the book states how Terrance Thornberry, tried to diminish the importance of this theory by implanting that lack of informal control was to blame. Although, I do think that lack of informal control has its fair share of importance in social learning theory. I prefer it to acknowledge all that attributes to it. Another thing that I don't like the way the labeling perspective categorizes people. For instance, if someone says this person looks like a criminal, then they are most likely to become a criminal due to the looking glass phenomenon. This states how people think and view us latter transforms to the way we think of ourselves. It demonstrates to that if we are looked us criminals then we would want to live up to the name that others have given to us. I also, don't like how the book states that marriage stops a person from committing a crime. This makes me think of the married ones that still commit a crime. I feel this way because some criminals who are Married are but afraid of the risk factor. They feel as if they have nothing to lose so they still go out and commit the crime. One question that I have is why are people more likely to commit crimes within groups rather by themselves? Does this have anything to do with the differential theory of receiving high praise from