... to his step-mother, to the point of calling her his mother during questioning. She was the positive stimuli in his life, and he experienced strain at the thought of her leaving. 'I didn't want my mom to leave', said Hall (Wallace, 2013). The anticipated removal of the positive stimuli, was highly conducive to Hall committing crime as a result – killing his father ... much' (Wallace, 2013). Thus, Hall's generally aggressive attitude against strains led to the development of a highly delinquent behaviour, which was highly conducive to committing crime. In response to strain, crimina...

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