Age-Graded Theory: Age-Graded Theory was developed by John Laub and Robert Sampson who believed that as we age different social experiences throughout life, especially during adolescence, pave the pathway of a crime ridden life or not. According to Schmalleger (2016), “Laub and Sampson suggest that delinquency is more likely to occur when an individual’s bond to society is weak or broken” (pg.136). As people grow they come in to contact with people and experiences that alter their way of thinking and can either gravitate them towards or away from a life of crime.
As people grow and develop many factors play an important part as to how a person will live their life. This could be explained as a turning point in a person’s life. Many events in someone’s life can influence them to commit crimes, or deter them from …show more content…
Convict criminology is the collaboration of ex-convicts and other criminologists to explain the way of crime and the way of life while incarcerated. These ex-convicts write and explain how they ended up incarcerated and how they are being treated within. This then allows for criminologist to study some of the reasoning why people commit crimes and why some may be repeat offenders. It also allows criminologist to learn why and how others become reformed or rehabilitated when they become incarcerated. Furthermore, convict criminology paved the way for these convicts to become scholar writers based on their experiences in the criminal world. Per Richards and Ross (2001), ex-convicts who endured years of lockup in prisons and jails all around, live in loud, crowded, violent cellblocks have emerged to complete college degrees which then lead them to became professors of criminology, and/or criminal justice. The dedication of these convicts has shown that people can change and become great influences on the world they once were a menace
As people grow and develop many factors play an important part as to how a person will live their life. This could be explained as a turning point in a person’s life. Many events in someone’s life can influence them to commit crimes, or deter them from …show more content…
Convict criminology is the collaboration of ex-convicts and other criminologists to explain the way of crime and the way of life while incarcerated. These ex-convicts write and explain how they ended up incarcerated and how they are being treated within. This then allows for criminologist to study some of the reasoning why people commit crimes and why some may be repeat offenders. It also allows criminologist to learn why and how others become reformed or rehabilitated when they become incarcerated. Furthermore, convict criminology paved the way for these convicts to become scholar writers based on their experiences in the criminal world. Per Richards and Ross (2001), ex-convicts who endured years of lockup in prisons and jails all around, live in loud, crowded, violent cellblocks have emerged to complete college degrees which then lead them to became professors of criminology, and/or criminal justice. The dedication of these convicts has shown that people can change and become great influences on the world they once were a menace