The domain of Sociological Criminology has long roots in investigative relationships between the demographic and the group variables of crime (Bartol, Bartol, 2016). Variables which include age, race, gender, and socioeconomic status all of which have a substantial relationship with certain categories and patterns in criminal activity (Bartol, Bartol, 2016). Additionally, probing the situational or environmental factors that can be most conductive to criminal activity (Bartol, Bartol, 2106). Examples of situational and environmental factors are time, place, weapons used, and conditions surrounding the crime (Bartol, Bartol, 2016). Additionally, Sociological Criminology is also concentrated on the underlying social conditions that may encourage criminal behavior (Bartol, Bartol, 2016). Social risk factors could be poverty, early peer rejection, association with anti-social peers and early academic failure (Bartol, Bartol, 2016). In reference to, Ricard Kuklinski, in multiple interviews he is heard re-counting his upbringing and early social …show more content…
Which leads along the developmental pathway tracks individual follow that lead to antisocial behavior (Bartol, Bartol, 2016). Also, Social Learning Theorists place a great emphasis on the cognitive processes that are the processes of thinking and remembering (Bartol, Bartol, 2016). Thus, internal factors and external factors would possibly play significant roles in behavior (Bartol, Bartol, 2016). Therefore, to understand criminality, we must understand and explore people’s perceptions, thoughts, expectations, competencies, and values (Bartol, Bartol, 2016). Richard Kuklinski would have had his own personal way with these internal and external factors at play in his development and growth as a human