Criminal Justice: The Social Control Theory

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Both societal interactions and societal environment theories explain significant factors that trigger individual engagement in crime across their life course. In that way, both theories address elements that affect juveniles’ growth and development across diverse periods and how they indulge in delinquent behavioral inclinations. The social processes theories suggests that when society fails to accommodate minors and offer them care, they are inclined to feel isolated, prompting them to respond abruptly to antisocial activities in the view that they represent their respective right. In this vein, absence of parental care, basic needs scarcity, and/or feelings of worry, disappointment, and unhappiness that they encounter at a young age impact them deeply, motivating them to engage in social anomalies (Khuda, 2019). On the other hand, the social interaction theories take into account diverse kinds of engagements a juvenile has with individuals within their immediate environment in society (Pratt, 2016). Therefore, both theories constitute outstanding approaches to offer rati...