Mr. Young, I strongly agree with your point of view. Tarde acknowledged that every human being is capable of learning criminal behavior either from their environment or social contact. He also projected that particular crimes and methods of committing those crimes were the product of duplicating someone else's behavior. The labeling theory infiltrated Tarde concept that each human being is responsible for his or her behavior: therefore, excusable crimes or excuses are not acceptable. As a result, the same forces that promote progress and ambition also produce the desire and pressure to commit
