Bohm And Vogel's Developmental Theory

The developmental theory is a conglomeration or a collective vision of integrated theories about how desirable change in society is best achieved in an individual development of stages and characteristics over a life course. The developmental theories began with the onset entry into crime and delinquency, an individual’s pathway through life, the individual’s changes in life, and desistance in which an offender stops offending throughout the life-changing course. (Bohm & Vogel, 2011) The developmental theory draws on a variety of social science disciplines and approaches that affect people’s propensity for crime at different times in their lives. (Bohm & Vogel, 2011) The developmental theory is a process of social change, not merely a set of policies and programs instituted for some specific results that emphasize when crime and delinquency are likely to occur when an individual’s bond to society is weakened and broken over life courses. (Bohm & Vogel, 2011)

The developmental theories also require resources such as social capital and supporting infrastructure to reduce the chances of criminal and delinquent behavior. However, Robert Sampson (1956) and John Laub (1953) contend that too much social structural factors, little social capital, and weaken social control is a product of delinquency. (Bohm & Vogel, 2011)

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