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A 7 page analysis of the life story of a career criminal and heroin addict, Manual Torres. In and out of prison throughout his life, Torres finally turns his life around through a rehabilitation program in the California penal system that provided him with educational opportunities and encouragement. Co-authors Richard P. Rettig and Gerald R. Garrett, give an added dimension to Manny's life history by relating it to current thinking regarding theories on criminal behavior. Extensively researched, these chapters give perspective on Manny's story and place it within the wider framework of criminal justice theory. No additional sources cited.
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prison. Along the way, Manny was also a graduate of various state-run and private rehabilitation programs. He always returned to drugs and larceny. However in1977, Torres was finishing his third
quarter at a California university and was drug-free. His biography, Manny: A Criminal-Addicts Story, which was co-authored by Torres along with Richard P. Rettig and Gerald R. Garrett, is a
narrative that details Mannys descent into a life of crime. Additionally, Torres also gives the reader an insiders view of the US penal system. The story of how he
finally straightened out his life is fascinating. Rettig and Garrett give an added dimension to Mannys life history by relating it to current thinking regarding theories on criminal behavior. Extensively
researched, these chapters give perspective on Mannys story and place it within the wider framework of criminal justice theory. Up until the death of his father, Manny Torres lived
a solid middle-class existence. However, after his fathers death, his family was forced to move to a poor neighborhood in the Bronx. In this environment, Manny and his brother Bobby
soon found their way into local gang membership?the Young Stars. Gang membership provided Manny with a source of self-esteem and a way to define his identity that eclipsed the
influence and importance of his home or his school. Durkheim was one of the first experts in criminal sociology to reject theoretical notions pertaining to individual pathology as it
applies to deviant behavior (Rettig; Garrett 203). Durkheim did not see the individual as anomic, but rather saw society at-large as being anomic. Durkheim used the concept of anomie
in reference to societys lack of solidarity in regards to the division of labor (Rettig; Garrett 203). To put it another way, when society offers no means of
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