In 2002 a mother named Rie Fuji left her 15-month and 3 month children in her apartment while she went to Cochrane to party for 10 days with her boyfriend (“Mother left babies alone for 10 days”, 2015, para. 1). Both children were starved over the ten days and died as a result (para.1). Fujiis actions, and why she choose to act in this particular manner can be explained using the sociological perspective. This particular perspective looks at factors including the race, ethnicity, where an individual grew up, the influences in a person’s life, positive or negative and the level of education that the individual received (Holmgren, 2016, slide 8). Differential association theory, strain theory and labeling theory can be used to explain Fujii’s
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23). When Fujii returned she found both of here children dead in her apartment, as a result of starvation (para. 24). Fujii was originally charged with two counts of second-degree murder, but she took plea in which she was convicted of two counts of manslaughter (para 3). Fujii ended up taking a plea bargain and only served five years of her eight-year sentence, after that term she was deported back to Japan (para. 4).
Differential Association Theory
Differential association theory follows the viewpoint that criminal behaviour is learned from others (Siegel, Brown & Hoffman, 2013, p. 139). In 1939, Sutherland concluded that individuals take part in crime when they gain more benefit in breaking the law rather than adhering to it (as cited in Pozzulo, Bennell & Forth, 2015, p.8). There are nine different concepts that help further explain differential association theory (Siegel, Brown & Hoffman, 2013, p. 139). All of these nine concepts can be applied to Fujii’s life and can be used to explain why she left her two children alone in her apartment to starve to death. In 1947, Sutherland concluded that the first aspect in differential association theory is that individuals are “learning
23). When Fujii returned she found both of here children dead in her apartment, as a result of starvation (para. 24). Fujii was originally charged with two counts of second-degree murder, but she took plea in which she was convicted of two counts of manslaughter (para 3). Fujii ended up taking a plea bargain and only served five years of her eight-year sentence, after that term she was deported back to Japan (para. 4).
Differential Association Theory
Differential association theory follows the viewpoint that criminal behaviour is learned from others (Siegel, Brown & Hoffman, 2013, p. 139). In 1939, Sutherland concluded that individuals take part in crime when they gain more benefit in breaking the law rather than adhering to it (as cited in Pozzulo, Bennell & Forth, 2015, p.8). There are nine different concepts that help further explain differential association theory (Siegel, Brown & Hoffman, 2013, p. 139). All of these nine concepts can be applied to Fujii’s life and can be used to explain why she left her two children alone in her apartment to starve to death. In 1947, Sutherland concluded that the first aspect in differential association theory is that individuals are “learning