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Essay / 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 characteristics that are preferable to delinquents: children from single-parent families, children with academic problems, poor relationships with adults, and other vulnerabilities that can be exploited (Kloess, 128). These will be children without social controls, such as family and community. Children who have problems at home will not have that immediate social control that dictates that sexual behavior with an adult is wrong due to the lack of involvement of the family unit. Deviant behavior will become rationalized due to the offender's grooming and become the norm, just as crime would be the norm in a highly urban environment.