During the many years of carefully analyzing the theories of crime, questionings have challenged whether or not sociology can illustrate and help understand the causation of crimes. The theories of crime and delinquency are used to explain the principle of the crime committed and provides a supportive argument into the motive and compensation of the individual’s actions. Sociological theories of crime focus’ on a macro level around three of its leading theories: strain theory, social learning theory and control theory. There are also many other theories such as the social disorganization theory, strain theory, labeling theory, and rational choice theory.etc. Each theory has its individual way of defining the social environment and its own and each one a distinctive reasoning as to why the crime was caused. On July 27, 2013, a young boy was shot down by a Toronto Police Officer. Eighteen year old, Sammy Yatim began to display of himself inappropriately on the streetcar. Seconds later he flashed
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Strain theory can present its case for the young boys situation. According to his mother, Sahar Bahadi, Sammy Yatim was an average immigrant kid from Syria. He had no history of substance abuse or any sort of mental history. His teachers note him as a boy who achieved and did well academically even when he struggled in his English class. He was praised by his friends and was said to be a great kid with a polite smile. He eventually began to change and hang out with a different group of friends instead of going to school. He also began to smoke marijuana as a ritual. Few months before the incident it was accounted that Yatim got into and argument with his father and that he had moved out to a small apartment where his friends made him a small bunk bed. It was noted that Yatim’s father was never around his life like his mother had
Strain theory can present its case for the young boys situation. According to his mother, Sahar Bahadi, Sammy Yatim was an average immigrant kid from Syria. He had no history of substance abuse or any sort of mental history. His teachers note him as a boy who achieved and did well academically even when he struggled in his English class. He was praised by his friends and was said to be a great kid with a polite smile. He eventually began to change and hang out with a different group of friends instead of going to school. He also began to smoke marijuana as a ritual. Few months before the incident it was accounted that Yatim got into and argument with his father and that he had moved out to a small apartment where his friends made him a small bunk bed. It was noted that Yatim’s father was never around his life like his mother had