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Problem Behavior Syndrome Problem behavior syndrome refers to the effect a persons interactions with their environment and that crime emerges from one of the groups of antisocial behaviors contained in that environment. The actual problem behavior is behavior that is by social standards defined as abnormal, undesirable, and illegal. The behavior goes against the norms of conventional society and the behavior elicits a social control response such as correctional punishment. Antisocial behavior is considered a cluster of behaviors that are related. Clusters of antisocial behavior could include behaviors such as disobedience, temper tantrums, lying, aggression, stealing, and violence (Jessor, 2008). One person in our community that has recently been experiencing crime problems and will be soon tried as an adult is a seventeen year old teenage girl that goes to my church. While the young female has never been in trouble with the police before she helped commit a robbery and will face the adult criminal justice for her crime. The young female and two male friends broke into the home of an eighty year old woman and burglarized the home while she hid in the closet in fear. Before this young female committed this act she displayed several different types of antisocial behavior. From a young age she would act out in school and show complete disrespect for any type of authority. The young female was aggressive and prone to lying as well as stealing from other students at school and using foul language. While the young girl had a sweet nature at times her neglectful and sometimes abusive home environment gave her little opportunity to be a productive member of society. As a result of the neglect and the abuse the young female has displayed clusters of antisocial behavior such as promiscuity, substance abuse, defiance,

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hostility, and now criminal behavior. Each of these behaviors are closely related to the criminal behavior that has emerged.

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References Jessor, R. (2008). Problem-Behavior Theory: A Brief Overview. Retrieved September 12, 2011 from http://www.colorado.edu/ibs/jessor/pb_theory.html