Criminological Theories Articles Review

Han, Y. , Kim, H. , & Lee, D. Application of social control theory to examine parent, teacher, and close friend attachment and substance use initiation among Korean Youth. Department Of Education, Sungkyunkwan University, 37(4). On the other hand, more attachment to friends and peers would suggest that there would be an early initiation to the habit. Initiation is important and it present consequences to either side. For earlier onsets, the consequences and generally negative as they include substance use disorders such as depression, suicidal attempts and incidents as well as detachment from the rest of the society. On the contrary, delayed onset into the habit presents more positive consequences as it basically helps prevent addictions to such substances as well as the effects of substance related disorders and problematic behavior.

With regards to development, attachment is the social bond shared between a baby and the mother. Therefore it is important to regulate the relationship between adolescents and their parents and especially their close peers because it is the determining factor according to the social control theory on the substance use among adolescents especially for alcohol consumption and cigarette smoking. Article 2. Church II, W. , Wharton, T. , & Taylor, J. Further, it is also suggested close bond between family members is important for the transition of children into adulthood and family relationship may be important in protecting the young from poor life decisions and enable them to get good grades in schools. This further enables the youth to develop positive self image from the point of view of their peers.

There is a connection between the social control theory and the differential association theory. Social control provides that they keys to determining the final product that is an adult are commitment, beliefs, attachment and involvement. Much emphasis is placed on attachment. , Weidner, R. , & Smith, R. Prescribing Some Criminological Theory. An Examination Of The Illicit Use Of Prescription Stimulants Among College Students, 60(2). Retrieved from https://journals-sagepub-com. There may also be further bodily harm depending on how the drugs are taken into the body, be in snorting or mixture with alcoholic drinks whereas psychological effects may also occur. Due to these effects, there has been the need to seek answers as to why individuals resort to such bad habits especially among college students.

There are three popular individual level theories of crime which may be used to examine as to why there is high prevalence of the use of prescription drugs among the youth. These theories are social learning theory, the social control theory and the strain theory. First, the theory of social learning suggests that crime is learnt through the process of communication among people who share a close relationship status. Journal of Theoretical Politics. Retrieved from https://journals-sagepub-com. ezhost. utrgv. edu/doi/pdf/10. Paternoster, R. , Mamayek, C. , & Wilson, T. Rational Choice Theory and Interest in the “Fortune of Others”. Journal Of Research In Crime And Delinquency, 54(6). According to the rational choice theory, there are those who are self absorbed and only care about their own personal interests and this is what is characterized as crime.

However, there are those who hold different ideologies as well, those who are on the right side of the law and keep in mind the need of others more than their own. It is true to say that they are more passionate and their different preferences from the criminals is that they have an attachment to their relationship with other human beings and as discussed in the social control theory, one of the elements of individual bonds is attachment. The self interested person as compared to the other may be more easily tempted and distracted by an opportunistic situation and this causes them to offend the normal order of things, the law and moral virtues at the expense of him acquiring what he desires out of the normal practice of procedure like working for pay.