Class: AJS/514 professor: James L. Smith Personal Criminological Theory Social learning theory when an individual learns how; to do a various form of criminal activity within society. Like robbing banks or people, murders, kidnappings, selling drugs, assaulting with a deadly weapon in so forth. The criminal acts that people learn, from the people that he or she surround their selves with on a daily basis. That feels nothing wrong, with committing any of these forms of crimes. That the associates present stimuli according to their foundation place within the public as well as the economic location, gender, culture, class, also subculture. It the part of the theory where disparity reinforcement stress person has various social groups also situations present to him or her on a continuous basis, therefore, various relationship with different people then the learning with any conduct is a function of reinforcing stimuli also the possibility for reinforcement makes available from a person different social circumstances. (Pg.9- 183, Franklin P. Williams III, and Marilyn D. McShane, 2014).With social learning it connected, with cognitive learning theory, which says that learning controls the person mental dynamics. A behavioral theory that thinks that learning comes, from the reply from the environmental. With both of these theories and created four guidelines, it comes to learning that stated by Albert Bandura. They retention is cognitive, motivation uses both cognitive and environmental, awareness is environmental. The reproduction cognitive the method of learning as such known, as social learning theory based upon (Kendra Cherry, 2015). Some people learn a mixture governs conduct with immediate reinforcement given to a person also the conforming also deviant direction with morals also meaning, from past reinforcement with these other main morals. As well, meanings neutralizations, validations, also standard amplify, the probability of assured conduct conforming, generally, also deviant. A certain matter by giving the discriminative indication to a person with those kinds of conducts. It will become reinforce lastly with the frequency; also, the extent of the conduct incidence relies on the amount of the frequency also the probability with its reinforcements (Pg. 183, Franklin P. Williams III, and Marilyn D. McShane, 2014).The person named Albert Bandera widely known, for his experiment he has done with the Bob Doll research. It was about letting children watch adults be violent and not be not, with the doll to see if it affect children to behave and the same manner. The test showed the children watching, the adult is not violent with the doll children treated the doll the same. The children saw the adult is violent with the doll their conduct was violent with the doll (Kendra Cherry, 2015). The reinforcement can be internal also external, also can be positive as well as negative if the adolescent is trying to get consent from their parents. Also their peers socially this consent is external reinforcement, however feeling happy from their consent of is an internal reinforcement the adolescent. It will conduct his or herself in the way they feel, will obtain the consent form for the reason they want to consent. The positive and negative reinforcement will have a small effect if the reinforcement presented externally does not synchronize with the person needs. Nevertheless, reinforcement can also be positive as well as negative. However, the essential part is that it most likely makes an alteration with individuals conduct (Franklin P. Williams III, and Marilyn D. McShane, 2014).High profile case I will be talking about is the D.C sniper killings Lee Boyd Malvo and John Allen Muhammad. The due that uses a .223 caliber bushmaster xm15 sniper rifle, they stole and made a sniper nest within their car. The first killing took place on October 2, 2002, in Aspen Hill, into a Michaels craft store where nobody killed nor injured. Then an hour later, they killed a victim in a grocery store parking lot. Before October 24, 2002, they were shooting victims, doing their routines like at the gas station, store, and so forth. They continued doing, these random killing on the beltway until the 24 of October. When they surrounded in caught, from by law enforcement who got a tip by a motorist in the rest stop they seen at in total, they shot 13 victims but killed ten of them. Their sentence was John Muhammad sentenced, to death and executed. Lee Boyd Malvo sentenced to multiple life sentences because they have done shooting in other states (CNN, 2015).John Muhammad the evil mastermind behind, the D.C. sniper-shooting plan was broken down into phases. The first was to map and planned to practice around the D.C location so that they will be able to get away quickly to their set escape routine. To the next area when they did their shootings John Allen Muhammad, wanted to kill six victims a day. He wanted to use explosives on the school, buses school, etc. Next, phase ten million dollars from, the United States government by extorting it. Therefore, that he can go towards Canadian to recruit orphans, to train them with weaponry to carry out orders of mass killings all over the United States (JOHN KREISER, 2015). The reason I think to understand why the D.C. sniper did, these horrible crimes are with the social learning theory. Because before John Allen Muhammad, could go through with his entire evil plan. He first needs the orphan soldier ones; he could persuade and control to do what he wants. The reason Lee Boyd Malvo did the criminal activities, because John was like a father figure/ friend. He wanted to spend time training him as he was in the military, strict diet, and teaching how to shoot like a sniper. He was always around John Muhammad all the time and lived with him so talking about killing, shooting and training like in the military as such. It is something John talked, about, did, and was teaching him how to do the same. All the time because Lee Boyd Malvo parents were not around, and he did not have friends, as well, so he would do anything John Allen Muhammad wanted (JOHN KREISER, 2015).Yes, the gaps in my theory do not explain the reason did John Allen Muhammad get out of killing the victims, in the crime and why he only uses the Lee Boyd Malvo. The sense of shooting random people issues triggered both John and Lee to commit these crimes for in the locations they pick out. As well, why to get orphans; from Canada train those in weaponry travel the country to do mass shootings. Within the United States what rather affect that, he was trying to cause around the world. With doing a plot as such and what was the result, if he completed this plan.If possible, if I could modify my theory I would add people self-interest for committing criminal activity. If they are doing the criminal activity because of the rules and regulations, society puts up. Because they in power and have control to come up with what is a criminal act or not. They have a mental illness; chemistry is off within their brains than other people. Then I would discover they associated with family members or peers that only like them or only wanted to be around them if they did something that was criminal. In addition, when do they realize that the criminal behavior that they are doing is causing them more harm than good and will they ever change it.

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