Pocket-Picking to Armed Robbery to Prison: The Life and Criminological Analysis of Good Boy, Bad Boy and Wiser Man, Sal Ali | Zendy

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Pocket-Picking to Armed Robbery to Prison: The Life and Criminological Analysis of Good Boy, Bad Boy and Wiser Man, Sal Ali

Author(s) -

J Forbes Farmer,

Sal Ali,

Jean Dawson

Publication year - 2021

Publication title -

journal of sociological research

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

ISSN - 1948-5468

DOI - 10.5296/jsr.v12i2.18161

Subject(s) - prison , criminology , psychology , life imprisonment , juvenile , rational choice theory (criminology) , sociology , criminal behaviour , social learning theory , juvenile delinquency , social psychology , biology , genetics

This case study examines the self-reported life story of a prisoner who has spent much of his life in juvenile detention and adult prison. His criminal history began with pocket-picking, then breaking and entry, and then advanced to armed robbery. Social learning theory, self-control theory and rational choice theory are discussed and the inmate’s reflections on them are offered in his words with illustrations from his experience.

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