Thornberry's Theory Of Crime

Thornberry was a theorist who came up with the interactional model. In the text, it states, “Do certain individuals select themselves to hang out with delinquents by their previous behavior, or do they learn criminality from delinquents with whom they start associating?” (Tibbetts, 2012). I believe that the second question would make more sense. The reason I say this is because certain individuals tend to learn criminality when they start to blend in and socialize with other people. I am the type of person who has been around individuals who have done some crimes that were minor, but it didn 't affect me in the end. I had the mindset of knowing that getting more closer to individuals who commit crimes won 't be any good for me to hang around …show more content…
I thought that this was the second one that could be beneficial, along with the end-to-end integrated model. Hagan 's theory explained, “In households where the mother and father have relatively similar levels of power (i.e., balanced households), mothers will less likely to exert control on their daughters (Tibbetts, 2012). In today 's world, I feel as though there is no control between gender. It still may show that males should be the most dominant, but there are some females that are willing to portray the role of a male. I give the up most respect to those women because they are showing that we do have the opportunity at hand to handle responsibilities just as a male would. For example, women are liable to become firefighters, correctional officers, participate in the military, or even be a president. Gender shouldn 't have to play a role anymore because it will only make matter …show more content…
The text says, “It is typically used when theorists expect that one theory will come before or after another in terms of temporal ordering of casual factors”(Tibbetts, 2012). The reason why I believe this is the best integrated model because it is allowing steps to be shown as to why an individual may commit some form of crime. For example, when youths are put into the circumstance of involving themselves with the community; they are less likely to commit crimes. When they are on the verge of getting into things that is not community-based, then it will let you know that there will be a weak social bond. I would say that my brother went forward and back as he started to grow up. He was the type to always play some form of sports and did something around in the community; once he became older, he started to see things that would lead him in the wrong direction. Negative peer associations started to form around him when he started hanging with the wrong crowd. It ended up having him being a part of a crime that he didn 't even know about. While others may have a different opinion on which one may be the best, it seems as if this model could be more beneficial as I take a look at it. As you can see, the order that it starts out in can have a dramatic change when a strong social bond is formed