Social Reality Theory | eHow.com

Social Reality Theory | eHow.com: "Social reality theory maintains that criminal behavior is a choice made by individuals who feel disenfranchised by society. Powerful forces within that society exploit those at the bottom, thus encouraging such behavior. Social reality says that reforming criminals is doomed to failure unless the basic structure of society is changed to bring the poor and disenfranchised into the mainstream. Behavioral psychologists who believe individual criminals can be reformed and politicians who believe in tougher sentencing laws oppose this work."