In chapter 7: I was introduced to the social learning theory it describes juveniles engaging in delinquent behavior and engaging in conforming behavior by being active with others. It also described the mechanism, the reinforcement positive/ negative, and beliefs, punishments, and explains the imitating model of delinquency that gets involved. Edwin H. Sutherland is a pioneer of criminology that opposes the genetic influences and the mental defects of criminal behavior. Social learning had five basic forms called denial responsibility, denial of injury, and the denial victim, condemnation of condemners, and that appeals to higher alternative. Therefore, most of the times the delinquency is reinforced by their behavior, beliefs, and models
