How Did Stephanie Fall Under The Social Bond Theory

Stephanie was a troubled girl, when growing up she did not have any parental support and both of her parents abused her. Her after was a hardcore heroin addict that died. Her mother did not want much to do with her when she found out she was pregnant by her 19 year old boyfriend. Her boyfriend was very controlling he was her only friend and he was a terrible influence. He would fight her and drag her down with him. Stephanie did not attend school regularly, if at all, because she was too busy with working or other problems faced because of poverty. Which all these social risk factors, one could say Stephanie falls under the Social Bond Theory. Stephanie was never highly involved with school or extracurricular activities, which left open gaps of time for her to do bad things like get pregnant, smoke pot, fight and shoplift.
Stephanie probably does not believe in the law much. She grew up with law breaking parents that did not teach her was wrong and right. Also she has been breaking laws every since she was 12 years old. Finally, after Stephanie grew up and had her baby, she was giving chances to make good bonds and she did. Stephanie decided to come clean and when to court for her warrant, she started attending G.E.D classes, and broke up with her criminal boyfriend. Treatment plans that would help for Stephanie could be counseling for past trauma, parenting classes, and drug counseling. Stephanie was abused by her parents and boyfriend for most of her life which caused serious trauma. Also since Stephanie got pregnant and has a baby at a very young age so I think parenting classes would help her succeed even more. Finally, so drug counseling can help her deal with her need for