Self-Control Theory Of Delinquency

When delinquency begins to emerge within individuals of prior convictions including others without criminal records. It becomes clear that outside criminal behavior dose not entirely play a role on how this deviant behavior arises. It also involves your mind and when your mind is corroded by a lack of self-control you begin to inhibit criminal behavior. The mind is the most powerful asset we have as humans it controls everything our motives, emotions, decisions and when the mind becomes a victim to a disability it causes havoc which usually leads to delinquency. I am relating this specific theory to an article on the topic of mental health care and how we should be attentive and interested in the topic; because it could potentially lead to …show more content…
My thoughts were since the self-control theory states that individuals suffer from seeking immediate gratification, easy solutions to problems, difficulties with problem solving, and trouble maintaining relationships. These are all quality’s that could cause an individual to acquire strong feelings of solitude, isolation, confusion and erratic dissension making which could potentially lead to individuals committing heinous crimes like the columbine in Newtown. Another prominent key factor in the theory is what causes criminals to acquire low self-control and that is due to parenting. I believe that bad parenting plays a role in low self-control to a certain extent. It also depends on the individual how they mature throughout life although they say your level of self-control is set by the age of …show more content…
These gives reason to why people who were victimized as kids by their parents or others close to them, exhibit criminal behavior over time due to the low self-control determined by their traumatizing past. Author Aaron includes in his article how we can’t completely blame it on bad parenting due to the fact that individuals with mental deficiencies can’t be fixed with good discipline behavior. “It 's natural to try and blame poor parenting when kids don 't turn out as well as we 'd hope. And, certainly, in many instances such parenting can lead to a misbehaving child, or even a child we don 't necessarily like. But mental illness really does exist, and a lot of it can 't be cured by good parenting and isn 't caused by bad parenting. We don 't have a good system for dealing with it” (Aaron, 2012). As explained in the quote we need to grasp a better understanding on the topic of mental care to prevent tragedies like the shooting in