Introduction
In the case of Mr. Leroy and his twin sons, Jon and Gem, there seems to be a classic example of good son bad son. Jon and Gem, once reared in healthy social environment for the core years of the children’s lives, suddenly turned into a single parent household with the social environment declining to that of unhealthiness, the neighborhood became ran down, crime riddled and drug infested. Mr. Leroy having to work two jobs has taken away his supervision over the children enabling Jon and Gen to make self-decision. With the opportunity to excel at a better school, Jon accepted the opportunity and Gem did not causing a drastic separation in the two that led Jon to higher heights and Gem to lower ones. The question is why and how …show more content…
Correlates of delinquency The correlations in Gems rational thinking as in eighth grade, age 13 or 14 took on an aggressive attitude. The neighborhood and his friends served as his domain and ideology, as he has chosen to skip school, drink, do drugs, commit petty crimes, and neglect situations positive in his life. In the biosocial perspective, he took the role of his mother heading down a path of destruction. Inheriting such trait, he is in the situations where the trait can surface has given Gem the perfect opportunity to become delinquent in behavior. Psychologically, Gem has become anti-social, aggressive, and defensive in his behavior (Hess, Orthmann, & Wright, 2013, p. 114). Hearing negative conversation about his mother was traumatic in his youth staying with him as years past causing dislike, discord, disappointment toward society and social norms. Resentment, regret, pain, and lack of understanding cause him to see delinquency as a form of rebellion against his situation. The sociological theory of disorganization is his home (Hess, Orthmann, & Wright, 2013, p. 75-77). Gem has no respect for society, as social order in his life is tainted. He sees delinquent behavior as social norms and his association delinquent friend’s aid to his
In the case of Mr. Leroy and his twin sons, Jon and Gem, there seems to be a classic example of good son bad son. Jon and Gem, once reared in healthy social environment for the core years of the children’s lives, suddenly turned into a single parent household with the social environment declining to that of unhealthiness, the neighborhood became ran down, crime riddled and drug infested. Mr. Leroy having to work two jobs has taken away his supervision over the children enabling Jon and Gen to make self-decision. With the opportunity to excel at a better school, Jon accepted the opportunity and Gem did not causing a drastic separation in the two that led Jon to higher heights and Gem to lower ones. The question is why and how …show more content…
Correlates of delinquency The correlations in Gems rational thinking as in eighth grade, age 13 or 14 took on an aggressive attitude. The neighborhood and his friends served as his domain and ideology, as he has chosen to skip school, drink, do drugs, commit petty crimes, and neglect situations positive in his life. In the biosocial perspective, he took the role of his mother heading down a path of destruction. Inheriting such trait, he is in the situations where the trait can surface has given Gem the perfect opportunity to become delinquent in behavior. Psychologically, Gem has become anti-social, aggressive, and defensive in his behavior (Hess, Orthmann, & Wright, 2013, p. 114). Hearing negative conversation about his mother was traumatic in his youth staying with him as years past causing dislike, discord, disappointment toward society and social norms. Resentment, regret, pain, and lack of understanding cause him to see delinquency as a form of rebellion against his situation. The sociological theory of disorganization is his home (Hess, Orthmann, & Wright, 2013, p. 75-77). Gem has no respect for society, as social order in his life is tainted. He sees delinquent behavior as social norms and his association delinquent friend’s aid to his