Part 1 of Essay
The claim that criminals are unsocialized, or under socialized individuals is not theoretically sound. is inevitable, and unless individuals are completely isolated, will occur. The problem is not that individuals who commit criminal acts are "unsocialized", but rather that they are socialized in ways that encourage or ....

Part 2 of Essay
.... with other people in intimate personal groups" (Vold, et al., 1998:185). In A Theory of Differential Association, Sutherland and Donald Cressey explain the process that they believe brings a person to engage in criminal behavior. Their theory includes nine points that describe this process, all of which relate to the learning of criminal behavior, which comes from . For instance, some of the points are as follows: "2. Criminal behavior is learned in interaction with other persons in a process of commu ....