Criminological Theories Explaining Drug Behavior . in the cocaine trade. Throughout this article, many of the behaviors displayed by drug dealers are each examples and can be attributed to well-defined criminological theories. This article will explore how these criminological theories are associated with how and why individuals are introduced into the world of drug selling, as well as why they leave it. I will expand on this point by revealing the motivations and conditions that seem to drive these individuals to become drug traffickers. While there are many theories presented, the specific theories I will explore are all based on the same idea that an individual becomes a criminal by learning to be one through experiences, examples, role models, etc. These theories include differential association theory, subculture theory of violence and social learning theory. The first criminological theory, which explains the behavior of drug sellers, is the theory of differential association. Differential association, called by Edwin Sutherland, argued that people engage in delinquent behavior because they learn it from society and engage in it when it benefits them. He thereby says that an individual will be a criminal if he is subject to an excess of criminal definitions compared to conventional definitions. Sutherland discovered that differential association develops through different stages and he explains this development using nine propositions. (Lily et al. 2011, 48) Such propositions are as follows: (1) criminal behavior is learned, (2) it...... middle of paper...... behaviors that he so wishes to understand are those he describes as The Cocaine Kids. Now that examples of the behavior of these drug dealers have been provided, the criminological theories that can explain such behavior have been made visible to the unseen eye. Criminological theories, including differential association theory, subculture theory of violence, and social learning theory, can be seen as methods for developing an in-depth understanding of how and why such behaviors introduced individuals into the world of drug selling, plunged them deep into the world of drugs. and allowed them to leave him. Works Cited Lilly, Robert J., Francis T. Cullen, and Richard A. Ball. 2011. Criminological theory: context and consequences. 5th ed. California: SAGE. Williams, Terry. 1989. The Cocaine Kids: The Inside Story of a Teenage Drug Ring. New York: Da Capo Press.

Essay / Criminological Theories Explaining Drug Behavior . in the cocaine trade. Throughout this article, many of the behaviors displayed by drug dealers are each examples and can be attributed to well-defined criminological theories. This article will explore how these criminological theories are associated with how and why individuals are introduced into the world of drug selling, as well as why they leave it. I will expand on this point by revealing the motivations and conditions that seem to drive these individuals to become drug traffickers. While there are many theories presented, the specific theories I will explore are all based on the same idea that an individual becomes a criminal by learning to be one through experiences, examples, role models, etc. These theories include differential association theory, subculture theory of violence and social learning theory. The first criminological theory, which explains the behavior of drug sellers, is the theory of differential association. Differential association, called by Edwin Sutherland, argued that people engage in delinquent behavior because they learn it from society and engage in it when it benefits them. He thereby says that an individual will be a criminal if he is subject to an excess of criminal definitions compared to conventional definitions. Sutherland discovered that differential association develops through different stages and he explains this development using nine propositions. (Lily et al. 2011, 48) Such propositions are as follows: (1) criminal behavior is learned, (2) it...... middle of paper...... behaviors that he so wishes to understand are those he describes as The Cocaine Kids. Now that examples of the behavior of these drug dealers have been provided, the criminological theories that can explain such behavior have been made visible to the unseen eye. Criminological theories, including differential association theory, subculture theory of violence, and social learning theory, can be seen as methods for developing an in-depth understanding of how and why such behaviors introduced individuals into the world of drug selling, plunged them deep into the world of drugs. and allowed them to leave him. Works Cited Lilly, Robert J., Francis T. Cullen, and Richard A. Ball. 2011. Criminological theory: context and consequences. 5th ed. California: SAGE. Williams, Terry. 1989. The Cocaine Kids: The Inside Story of a Teenage Drug Ring. New York: Da Capo Press.

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