fits. Escalation served as a way to escape criminal prosecution. The prostitution case withstanding, Luciano was convicted for minor crimes such as shoplifting and drug dealing, but for more severe ones the networks were either too complex or did not provide sufficient evidence to permit prosecution.Age was of little importance as a means of social control in Lucianos criminal career. Age at no point in his life served as a means of informal social control and offending was not hindered by an attachment to the labor force and cohesive marriage (which)- explain variations in criminal behavior independent or prior differences in criminal propensity (Sampson and Laub, 245).In fact, in this case, Lucianos nature and onset was the direct result of rebellion against the social institutions, which are supposed to provide social control according to Sampson and Laub. He forfeited his job to seek out a more extravagant life; to live in the high-society that Petersilia described.The onset of Lucianos criminal career is best described with strain theory. Lucianos goals were not being met when he was working and carrying an adult social role. His prospects for the future were bleak and did not provide him with the luxuries he desired. The whole concept of a crum is based on the premise that a working class lifestyle is not desirable and that the pressure to succeed is never relieved through these means. Lucky himself aimed to prove that society alone was to blame for his life of crime (Feder and Joesten, 308).Upon entering the realm of organized crime it was Lucianos associations that provided him with the ability to attain his goals. Differential association perpetuated and advanced his criminal career. His associations landed him his job selling drugs and would later allow him to live in high-society. Luciano used tremendous agency and planning by learning ways of undermining conventional society.Differential association theory is also ...
