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Criminology Theories

p Running Head CRIMINOLOGICAL THEORIES

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The patterns that guide the lives of young people today affect the ways in which their behavior will be shaped . The relationships and interactions of these young individuals undergo a lot of transitions within the different stages of their lives . They tend to behave according to the pressures of their immediate environment such as the school , family and what their peers demands . These might lead them to behave in ways that are not

socially accepted by their institutions This delinquent behavior by the minors is known as juvenile delinquency . In criminology , juvenile delinquency is understood to include all wrongs committed to the public by young individuals aged between 12 years to 17 years . In the US , it refers to the behavior of individuals who have not attained the maturity age and their behavior is not accepted by the formal institutions . Many theories have been put forward by sociologists in their attempts to explain juvenile delinquency . The approaches used vary from theory to theory . The main source of the factors that lead these individuals into behaving as described can be used to describe their cause (Siegel , 2002

The differential association theory was put forward by Edwin Sunderland in his argument that individuals learn new and different attitudes techniques and values through their interaction with others . Through the interaction juveniles learn how to commit crimes as they grow . The criminal behavior is learned by associating with both criminal...

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