read about criminology, crimes, and perspectives on crime and potential policies and practices that lead to crimes. In this discussion, you will explore the social learning theory and how to deal with

read about criminology, crimes, and perspectives on crime and potential policies and practices that lead to crimes. In this discussion, you will explore the social learning theory and how to deal with criminals, juveniles, and environmental factors that may impact someone becoming a criminal.

Please respond to the following:

• Make up a story using Gerald Patterson’s social learning theory (see Figure 5-2, p. 116). Explain how the person in your story becomes a criminal. Try to use as many elements in the theory as possible.
• Based on your scenario, how might policymakers use alternatives to dealing with criminals linked to social learning theory to reduce access to delinquent peers, change antisocial attitudes, or induce reinforcement of prosocial behavior?
  • Family context
    • Low Socioeconomic status
    • Grandparent Lack Parenting Skill
    • Single Parent
    • Difficult child
    • High crime Neighborhood
  • Parental Efficacy
    • Supervision of Child lacking
    • Failure to recognize deviant acts.
    • Inconsistent/poor use of reinforcement and Punishment
  • Delinquency