Outward environmental sociological factors and inward hereditary psychological factors have many similarities and differences. The environment and social circles influence criminal behavior as it creates opportunities for such behavior to be learned. There are two theories that can help elaborate on the fusion of environmental and sociological factors causing criminal behavior. Differential association theory is the belief that criminal behavior is learned through communication with others (Schram, 2017). During this process, values, attitudes and norms are internalized and maintain within a group. Therefore, an individual belonging to a group can commit crimes without feeling guilty or does it as a mean to survive due to the group’s pre-established
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Like outward environmental sociological factors, criminal behaviors are learned from social actors and environmental factors. As a child grows to discover what are acceptable behaviors from their surroundings, it becomes a part of their mental development. Therefore, if a parent fails to teach their children conventional norms and values, they are at risk of becoming deviant within mainstream society. The environment also influence mental development for example, gangs and illegal markets found in neighborhoods help to expose children to violence and has resulted in aggressive and violence behaviors within these children (Elliot, 1997). For many drug, infested communities, children see drug dealers as rich and powerful role model of their community and strive to follow in their path. As these children grow, they are taught that to become successful in this community, one must tough, brutal and act and respond to disloyalty, disrespect and business the same their predecessors have done. This thought-process helps to shape the psyche of children to show a lack of empathy for others, self-centeredness, violence and deviant. In addition, character traits and disorders are influenced by negative environmental and sociable factors such as parenting practices, family structure, peer pressure, poverty, abuse and an unstable living
Like outward environmental sociological factors, criminal behaviors are learned from social actors and environmental factors. As a child grows to discover what are acceptable behaviors from their surroundings, it becomes a part of their mental development. Therefore, if a parent fails to teach their children conventional norms and values, they are at risk of becoming deviant within mainstream society. The environment also influence mental development for example, gangs and illegal markets found in neighborhoods help to expose children to violence and has resulted in aggressive and violence behaviors within these children (Elliot, 1997). For many drug, infested communities, children see drug dealers as rich and powerful role model of their community and strive to follow in their path. As these children grow, they are taught that to become successful in this community, one must tough, brutal and act and respond to disloyalty, disrespect and business the same their predecessors have done. This thought-process helps to shape the psyche of children to show a lack of empathy for others, self-centeredness, violence and deviant. In addition, character traits and disorders are influenced by negative environmental and sociable factors such as parenting practices, family structure, peer pressure, poverty, abuse and an unstable living