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This Concept Map, created with IHMC CmapTools, has information related to: Final Draft Monster CMap, Kody defines criminal sanctions as illegitimate because officials arbitrarily decide who are tried as adults, Monster's Hood was an example of Social Disorganization Theory limited occupational opportunities/choices no economic opportunities to keep the youth busy or provide a legitimate means to attain shared cultural goals, Social Bonding Theory lack of involvement in conventional activities Kody did not attend school after his sixth grade graduation, Monster and other gang members drug use prevented them from acting rationally used to get rid of inhibitions Kody smokes pot and drinks beer to get ready for his very first mission to be initiated into the gang (example of how drugs and alcohol are an ever present part of gang life), possitive reinforcement which promotes criminal activity when Kody's gang members praise him for his criminal acts which possitively reinforces those actions conditioning him for such behavior in the future, Kody is poorly bonded to the sanctioning community this lack of social bonds alienates Kody causing him to be more likely to react defiantly ????, Monster and other gang members drug use prevented them from acting rationally used to deaden their minds to their behavior Things affected Monster more when he was not under the influence of drugs or alcohol, When he first gets to L.A. County the jail is pitch black. Kody thinks he is surronded by Bloods, but courageously still proclaims his allegiance his gang, the Crips. which leads to acts of violence in an effort to build and protect one's reputation, Defiance Theory sanctions provoke Kody's individual defiance of the law Kody defines criminal sanctions as illegitimate, Kody's Gang as an Honor Society emphasize bravery When he first gets to L.A. County the jail is pitch black. Kody thinks he is surronded by Bloods, but courageously still proclaims his allegiance his gang, the Crips., Social Learning Theory explains Kody's behavior through possitive punishment, an angry emotion of pride in defiance and the sanctioner is percieved as shameful and deserving punsihment this leads to formation of vicarious substitues Kody would violently assualt 'Americans' (white youth) to vent their frustration with the sanctioners, intimate personal groups such as his gang, the Crips, Oppositional masculinity robbery provided a public ceremony for domination and humiliation of others Kody and his gang stole often robbed people and stole their cars, Social Bonding Theory lack of attachments to lose Kody's peers were all involved in gangs, and he did not have much of a relationship with his mother to worry about damaging, Social Learning Theory explains Kody's behavior through possitive reinforcement, possitive punishment which has an opposite effect because Kody's behavior continues and is even after the negative stimulus, jail time, is introduced, Honor Society emphasize revenge it was usually Monster's initial reaction, Hegemonic Masculinity to accomplish this Kody engages in Oppositional masculinity, in laws and values of larger, conventional society police are only "virtually" there, so crime is easy to commit and get away with police have little involvement or impact and do not seem to care or interfere with what is going on in Monster's neighborhood