Billy Smith

Explain how this theory explains criminal behavior. Argue whether this theory explains criminal behavior better than other theories or not.

SCENARIO: By age 21, Billy Smith has spent most of his adolescent years in juvenile detention facilities in California. His crimes began small with drug use and theft, but escalated to armed robbery and second degree murder. Now at 21, Smith was serving the next 4 years of his 20-year sentence at Deuel Vocational Institute […]

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