Crime Runs In The Boge Family Analysis

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The main argument of this article Is that crime runs in the Bogle family because that is what the father taught his children was right to do. One piece of evidence as to why the children and it up doing hard crimes is because they would see their father beating his wife and they thought that was ethically right which is the functionalist theory . Rooster Bogle would teach his children how to steal and if they didn't steal he would beat them up and say they are cowards. Outer control of the control theory is what the father is since he influenced his children’s lives to conform to his rules. Ms. Gentle Even said that after he saw his father being of his mother he would still wait for him until the police showed up. That man did a lot of psychological

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