Danny at a young age was introduced to drugs as his father was a drug addict. As he reached high school, his friends were not a good influence on him. As his mother worked most of the time in the day, his father was never there when Danny needed him. With his friends, he started to shoplift small things that valued for a couple of dollars, such as $50 or so. Danny did get caught for a home break in where he stole a guitar which cost $10,000. He did spend some time in prison for property crime and upon his release, his neighbors, and his friend parents started to label him with names such as “you are just like your father, a useless person who is just born to be a criminal.” Some people even labeled him as a rapist, even though he had never …show more content…
One of the reasons that Danny continued to commit a crime was he hated to be labeled. He said, “I tried my best to change but people around me never let me change. They always called a thief, a drug addict, and rapist. And I never even raped anyone. Every time people labeled me with some sort of name I would just get frustrated and take my anger off by committing some sort of crime. It gave me some relaxations as I was doing the things for what I was labeled. But trust me, I’ll never rape anyone.” As of today, Danny is a completely different person compared to what he was in his late teens and early twenties. Today he has a stable job and has a …show more content…
There are multiple theories in sociology and criminology that explain these reasons. One of the main theory that does shed some light in this area is the labeling theory, which is a great theory to understand the repetitive behavior of criminals. Another reason that also contributes along with the labeling theory is how the society treats the criminals when they are released from prison. The society does not accept them for what they truly are, instead, they judge them for what they have done in their past. Due to this, the criminals do not get many opportunities. Another intersecting point which came in the interview was when Danny stated, “I really did not have much choice. I wanted to be caught by the police and be sent to jail because at least there I did get some food to eat and I had a roof over my head when it rained.” Danny did not have a much choice as he did not have a job and had no place to go. So at that point for him to prison was the best option as he knew in jail he was going to get something to eat and would have a roof over his head. And this was not the first time Danny had done his, he had done this multiple times. Having some though on this statement, it did make sense. And Danny is not the first person to do so because in prison you will get food to eat, you will get any type of medical you might need and your surely will get a bed to