Delinquency is made up of many theories, but the main hypothesis it consists of is social learning theory. Social learning theory involves teaching righteous acts instead of delinquent acts from when the person is a child. It's about learning from others, be they parents, peers, or even television. Delinquency is learned, people are not born to be criminals, for the most part they are born to be good and should be taught to do well, in some cases however the lack of discipline affects a person's actions and/or personality. The emphasis of social learning is that individuals learn acts and ways of thinking from others. For example, a child whose parents are drug addicts will also eventually learn about drugs from his parents, or another example could be if the child's friends are in a gang, the child will most likely join and learn how a gang works. Even today in the United States, social learning is one of the theories most linked to voluntary dropout, according to Kim, Kwak and Yun. They mentioned the accompanying idea: “Among these explanations, social learning theory and social bond theory enjoy wide adoption and great respect in modern criminology (Winfree, Backstrom, & Mays, 1994). (Kim, Kwak, & Yun, 2010) This idea gives the public the understanding that, among all the available theories, social learning and social boding are what people use in theory. The main thought of the theory is as follows; “Social learning theory indicates that crime is a learned behavior, acquired through contact with parents or peers.” (Kim, Kwak, & Yun, 2010) Most of the behaviors depicted by delinquents consist of abandonment and loneliness. “Research studies focusing on ca...... half of article ......under, R., & Rine, CM (2011). The intersection of social process and social structure theories for addressing juvenile crime: Toward a collaborative intervention model. Journal of Human Behavior in the Social Environment, 21:909–925. Kim, E., Kwak, D.-H. and Yun, M. (2010). Investigating the effects of peer association and parental influence on adolescent substance use: A study of adolescents in South Korea. Journal of Criminal Justice, 17-24. Prather, W., & Golden, JA (2009). Learning and thinking: A behavioral treatise on abuse and antisocial behavior in young delinquents. International Journal of Behavioral Counseling and Therapy, Volume 5, No. 1. Winfree, L. T., Backstrom, T. V., & Mays, G. L. (1994). Social learning theory, self-reported delinquency, and youth gangs: A new twist on a general theory of crime and delinquency. Youth Society , 26: 147.