Topic > Social Learning Theory: Social Disorganization Theory…

This idea will be discussed later in the article, but many victims fit a specific typology of offenders. There are specific traits preferable to offenders: children from single-parent families, children with school problems, poor relationships with adults, and other vulnerabilities that can be exploited (Kloess, 128). These will be children without social control, such as family and community. Children who have family problems will not have the immediate social control that will determine that sexual behavior with an adult is wrong due to the lack of family involvement. Deviant behavior will be rationalized due to the offender's grooming and become the norm, just as crime would be the norm in a highly urban environment.