{"id":286,"date":"2024-12-10T01:45:20","date_gmt":"2024-12-10T01:45:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/rquorsio\/?p=286"},"modified":"2024-12-10T02:10:49","modified_gmt":"2024-12-10T02:10:49","slug":"social-process-theory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/rquorsio\/2024\/12\/10\/social-process-theory\/","title":{"rendered":"Social Process Theory"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

In this section, we will apply Social Bond Theory and Social Learning Theory to explain why each of the four female characters from Set It Off<\/em> engaged in bank robbery. These concepts assist in our understanding of how social ties, ties to mainstream society, and the process of picking up unlawful conduct through contact with others might affect a person’s decision to engage in crimes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Social Bond Theory and Social Learning Theory Overview<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

According to Travis Hirschi’s Social Bond Theory, people who have close ties to the structures of society\u2014such as their families, workplaces, and educational institutions\u2014are more unlikely to commit crimes. The theory suggests these ties are strengthened by four essential components. Attachment, emotional bonds with others who conform to social norms. Commitment, investment in conventional goals. Involvement, participation in conventional activities. Belief, acceptance of social norms and laws.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to Ronald Akers’ Social Learning Theory, criminal behavior develops through social interactions. Associating with criminals teaches people how to commit crimes, and because of these encounters, they pick up criminal ideals and methods. Differential association, differential reinforcement, and definitions are the main topics of the theory. Differential Association, learning occurs through close associations with others who engage in criminal behavior. Differential Reinforcement, individuals are more likely to engage in behavior if it is rewarded or positively reinforced by those around them. Definitions, individuals develop attitudes or definitions that make crime seem acceptable or desirable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Stony demonstrates social bond theory. The horrific killing of her younger brother at the hands of the police serves as Stony’s driving force. She grows more and more frustrated with the legal system as a result of systematic racism and financial difficulties. Stony views bank robbery as a way to obtain financial stability and revenge because of her strong sense of loss and her dissatisfaction with society’s systems. Stony demonstrates social bond theory as she has a weak connection to the family and the legal system. Her faith in the legal system has been damaged by the tragic passing of her brother and their lack of the legal system to take care of her family. She feels cut off from her community and has given up her sense of attachment to traditional organizations.  Because of this, she is not really committed to following social rules, and crime looks like a sensible way to fulfill her desires for justice and financial stability.<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Cleo demonstrates social learning theory. The group’s most rebellious member, Cleo, is driven by a sense of anger and disobedience against a society that she believes has abandoned her. She views crime as a means of demonstrating her toughness and liberty, and she shows little regard for order. Cleo demonstrates social learning theory as playing a part in Cleo’s criminal behavior is her involvement in the bank robberies. Cleo picks up the methods, mindsets, and excuses for committing crimes from her tight relationships with Stony, Frankie, and T.T. She is encouraged to keep on her criminal path by the emotional and social support she gets from her peers. Her dedication to the robberies is made even stronger by the terms she decides to, which sees the robbery as legitimate and a means of empowerment. Cleo’s participation in the crimes and her conviction that they were a reasonable reaction to her personal situation are therefore explained by the Social Learning Theory.<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Frankie demonstrates social bond theory. Frankie is a bank employee who is wrongfully accused of being involved in a robbery and subsequently loses her job. This event leads her to feel disappointed with the justice system and society, pushing her to participate in the bank robbery as a form of revenge against the system that wronged her. Frankie’s unfair termination weakens her ties to traditional social structures. She loses trust in society’s morality after losing her job and experiencing unjust treatment from the legal system. Her experience of unfairness destroys her resolve to succeed by standard methods, such as putting in a lot of effort at work. Frankie is naturally inclined to endorse criminal activity as a means of taking charge of her life because she is disregarded by society.<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

T.T. demonstrates social learning theory. <\/strong>T.T. is the youngest and most vulnerable of the group. As a single mother, struggling to survive in a harsh environment, she is motivated by the desire to provide a better life for her child. The emotional pressure of her circumstances, including the loss of her son, being taken by CPS, leads her to participate in the robbery. She demonstrates social learning theory through her interactions with the other women, particularly Stony, Cleo, and Frankie, who have already accepted crime as a coping mechanism for their hardships, T.T. picks up criminal behavior. She gains knowledge of the methods and defenses used in bank robberies. She takes up their definitions, viewing crime as a practical method to escape her terrible surroundings and to survive. She is further persuaded to take part in the robbery by the encouragement she gets from her friends’ assistance and participation in the group.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Applying Social Bond Theory and Social Learning Theory to the characters, we may observe how the women’s intimate relationships with criminals and their lack of connection to traditional societal institutions influenced their choices to rob banks. Every woman eventually engages in illegal activity as a logical reaction to her surroundings and unique situation, whether as a result of weaker social ties or exposure to criminal behavior through peer interactions. These ideas emphasize how the women’s decisions to commit bank robbery were influenced by their social connections and the process of picking up criminal behavior.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Set It Off <\/em>provides a powerful description of how societal crisis, socioeconomic circumstances, and institutional failures can push people toward criminal activity. We can better comprehend the motivations behind the characters’ bank robberies by utilizing the theories of social structure and social process. These ideas emphasize how socialization and the environment shape criminal conduct, ultimately demonstrating how crime is frequently a logical reaction to the difficulties and injustices that members of excluded groups must contend with.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In this section, we will apply Social Bond Theory and Social Learning Theory to explain why each of the four female characters from Set It Off engaged in bank robbery. These concepts assist in our understanding of how social ties, ties to mainstream society, and the process of picking up unlawful conduct through contact with… <\/p>\n

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