Juvenile Delinquency and The Bling Side

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Recommended: Family influence on juvenile delinquency INTORDUCTION

The movie Blind Side was based on the best-selling book The Blind Side by Michael Lewis. In this story the main character Michael Oher is a troubled child that is taken in by an upper class family and is put through school. During the course of this story you can see how many of the Juvenile Delinquency theories that we reviewed in class can be applied and seen, it also shows that some theories can be proven wrong based on the circumstances.

One of the Juvenile Delinquency theories that could have changed this whole story is one of Development theories’ sub theories, Life-course theory. “Life-course theory focuses on change in criminality over the life course of a person”. (Siegel, and Welch xx) In the movie The Blind Side Michael Oher’s biological mother Denise Oher tells her story to Michael’s new adopted mother. She tells her that she kept Michael from seeing all of the bad things she was doing and the drugs by telling him to simply close his eyes.

By doing this she prevented Michael from being exposed to the criminal acts she was committing at such a young age. If he had been exposed to these actions he might have become a totally different person. He might have followed in her foot steps and lead a life of crime because that what his mother did. “As young as toddler’s people begin relationships and behaviors that will determine their life course”. (Siegel, and Welch xx) Even if Michael’s mother did not cover his eyes and he did witness all of the things she was doing Leigh Anne Tuohy played by Sandra Bullock might still have been able to direct his path, it would have probably been a more difficult though I imagine.

Michael’s mothers’ acts of covering his eyes could also be applied to the Behavioral Theory as well. ...

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...that many of the juvenile delinquency theories that we have gone over this semester can be right in front of us and that they can have a significant influences for good or bad depending on how they are applied.

Works Cited

"The Blind Side (2009) - Plot Summary." IMDb. N.p., n.d. Web. 29 Apr. 2014. .

"Definition of Labeling Theory | Chegg.com." Chegg - Raise Your GPA w/ a FREE Chegg Study Trial | Rent Books. N.p., n.d. Web. 29 Apr. 2014. .

"Howard Becker's Labeling Theory." Research Brought To Life : College Of Criminology & Criminal Justice : Florida State University. N.p., n.d. Web. 29 Apr. 2014.

Siegel, Larry J, and Brandon C. Welch. "chapter 5." Juvenile Delinquency: The Core. Princeton, N.J: Recording for the Blind & Dyslexic, 2005. Print.

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