Edwin Sutherland

Social learning theory is known to consist of behavioral learning from the environment that you surround yourself with. For example, if an individual surrounds themself with a crowd that commits crime on the daily by shop lifting every store they see in sight, that individual will eventually be dragged into that criminal activity or criminal involvement. On the other hand, as for if an individual surrounds themself with a crowd who have a good head on their shoulders, have set ambitious life…

Introduction Theoretical explanations of crime are imperative in examining the justification to why individuals commit offences and aid in the handling and the prevention of criminal acts (1). The Social Learning Theory, composed by Albert Bandura in 1997, proposes that learning is a cognitive process that occurs in a social forum and can take place through observations and direct instruction, regardless if there is a direct reinforcement present. Additionally, the theory suggests that…

Crime has plagued society from the beginning of time. Crime is the act of going against a formal criminal law without justification. Crime often directly harms a community or society as a whole. With crime being so harmful to our society, a big question asked in criminology is why do people continue to commit crimes? There have been several studies done in attempt of finding an answer, but since the motivation for crime is so diverse, several theories have been devised to answer the question.…

What is a white collar crime? As “Edwin Sutherland” explains it as, a crime committed by a person of respectability and high social status in the course of his occupation. It is one of the growing crime around the world. In London people were asked to participate in a survey on question ”have…

Important thinkers such as Bentham and Beccaria revised the theory of rational choice theory within the 17th century which saw the history of the European movement, the Enlightenment, which was heavily influenced by these thinkers. The enlightenment entailed of the conception of reason and rationality when discussing such things as criminality or even religion. Beccaria was specifically known as a criminologist due to his large input into rational theory and deterrence. The act of rational…

The Wild and Wonderful Whites of West Virginia is a documentary in which explores the life of the White family. The White family is known around town for drug activity, forgery, embezzlement, armed robbery, and fights. Narrated by Mamie White, the oldest daughter of D. Ray and Bertie White, she tells the story of both the living and deceased family members. Her father, D. Ray, was a mountain dancing legend and patriarch of the family. D. Ray became famous before he was murdered in 1985 and was…

The criminal rates in the United States continue to skyrocket. The social theories explain how society influences people greatly. There are two theories in social theories. The first one is the social structure theory, which is also made up of two theories, that focuses on how individuals are influenced by social institutions that make up organized social institutions. The social structure criminologists study categories such as poverty, disorganized neighborhoods, school systems, and gangs. All…

1) WHAT IS JUVENILE DELINQUENCY? Juvenile is a child who unlike an adult person having not attained prescribed age, cannot be held liable for his criminal acts. Delinquency is an act or conduct of a juvenile which is socially undesirable. Thus, Juvenile Delinquency means the failure of children to meet specific obligations, expected from them by the society . According to Cyril Burt, “Delinquency occurs in a child, when his social tendencies appear so grave that he becomes or ought to become…

Family is such a broad term. Perhaps such a vague term in which, it has been evolving differently over many centuries. You would say families consist of a mom and dad, who then have children, but in today’s society that factor has changed. Today a family does not necessarily consist of a mom or dad but may consist of that someone or set of people that is there for you no matter what, a person who understands you despite all your errors. But how important is family? Does the departure of one…

A number of theories put forward to explain the criminality of the poor boy’s actions who had stolen a bottle of juice from a shopkeeper and got caught. The theories can be generally classified into sociological theories and biological theories. Sociological theories will tend to explain the boy’s action of stealing the bottle of orange juice as a result of influence from his environment, while biological theory tries to explain the boy’s act of theft as being biologically oriented as such, and…