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Midterm Exam Essay Theory of crime Humbert Diazgranados CJ102-03: Criminology Social organizational theorists assume that although the individual's personality (i.e., the characteristic of self-control) remains stable through time, the relationship between self-control and crime is amenable to change. Crime is more likely to occur when an individual's bond to society is attenuated; theorists affirm that early childhood events are significant predictors of later adult criminality (Siegel pg. 67). Recent evidence indicates that insecurely or poorly attached children are more likely to engage in later violent behavior. An insecure attachment produces low levels of empathic understanding suggests that the central underling factor involved in a secure attachment is the experience of empathy. A child develops self-control and empathy as the result of receiving empathic understanding from a parent or guardian (Siegel pg 67). When potential offenders can perceive others as humans rather than as objects, they are less likely to inflict...

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