Abrams 1 John Abrams Professor James CRJ 12-10-03 Criminological Theory The participants in the article from the new York Times, "Prison is a Member of Their Family", written by Adrian Nicole Lebane, go through many constant changes as the years pass. This article shows how being arrested and imprisoned can really alter and affect so many peoples lives. Not only the person incarcerated, but their families, close friends, and relatives as well. In this article …showed first 75 words of 1545 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1545 total…to follow in his path when he was younger. As you can tell your social life can influence you to do some things. I believe that if you chose your friends and surrounding carefully you can avoid getting yourself into trouble. Even though there are many other different criminological theories that could some way relate to this article from the New York Times, I think the social learning theory connects with the article the most.