Family Social Bond Theory
Due to the lack of attachment from his family and friends, Danny lost what they might think of him and just did whatever he felt like doing. Due to his time in and out of prison, Danny did not get any job and for this, he had more free time to spare and less money, which leads to more involvement in committing a crime. At the age of twentieth-two, Danny almost killed his cousin as he was gay. Danny did not believe in homosexuality and was having an argument with his cousin on this topic. If Danny’s mother was not there, Danny would have killed his cousin. In the act of beating his cousin, his mother stepped in and by accidently Danny punched his mother in her face. She was knocked unconscious and was sent to the hospital. After Danny’s mother came back to her conscious Danny asked for her forgiveness and he in returned replied, “I really miss my old Danny, who would never even look at me with an evil eye. I miss my young boy would come to me when I cried and say ‘Don’t worry Ma, I’ll always be there to save you’. I miss my old Danny a lot.” This was a
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In Danny’s case, his social bond, mainly his attachment with his family and friends were weak and which allowed him to become friends with the wrong person, which lead him to commit crime. Age-graded theory, being an extension of the social control theory, denies that people are necessarily locked into developmentally distinct pathways, such as pro- or antisocial because it emphasizes environmental circumstances as well as a human agency instead of individual traits (Walsh, 2015, p. 223). In Danny’s case, he was influenced by his friend Randy and it had cost him a lot of time in prison. But at the end with enough social capital and his wiliness to change, he chose to change and lead a good life and leave behind all illegal acts. And now had become a better and good
In Danny’s case, his social bond, mainly his attachment with his family and friends were weak and which allowed him to become friends with the wrong person, which lead him to commit crime. Age-graded theory, being an extension of the social control theory, denies that people are necessarily locked into developmentally distinct pathways, such as pro- or antisocial because it emphasizes environmental circumstances as well as a human agency instead of individual traits (Walsh, 2015, p. 223). In Danny’s case, he was influenced by his friend Randy and it had cost him a lot of time in prison. But at the end with enough social capital and his wiliness to change, he chose to change and lead a good life and leave behind all illegal acts. And now had become a better and good