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This case study is conducted to determine the factors affecting repeated crime offending.
This is the case of Delson Abanador, one of the detainee in Bureau of Jail Management
and Penology in Batangas City and considered as a recidivist that was being jailed two
times. The needs to determine the factors are to be considered to construct a study and
an answer to be able to know the reasons behind why he committed an offense; why did
he tend to do wrong acts that was against the law and the society and how the
environment, the family, schools, and neighbours affect his personality and his behaviour.
I. Introduction
person's relapse into criminal behaviour, often after the person receives sanctions or
undergoes intervention for a previous crime. Recidivism is measured by criminal acts that
resulted in re arrest, reconviction or return to prison with or without a new sentence and
tendency toward chronic criminal behaviour leading to numerous arrests and re-
person who repeats an unwanted behaviour even after experiencing its negative
consequences. The term 'recidivist' is related to habitual crimes such as sexual offences
and substance abuses. People who return to abuse of alcohol after successful treatment
Nowadays people accept that poverty, parental neglect, low self-esteem, alcohol and
drug abuse are all connected in explaining why people commit crimes. Some people are
simply at greater risk of becoming offenders because of the circumstances into which
they are born. From misdemeanours to violent felonies, some individuals step in to the
criminal justice system and learn their lesson to never commit a crime again. Others
unfortunately become repeat offenders with a never ending rap sheet. Environment
obviously plays a huge role but it is only one of many factors. The study of crime and
why some people can’t get away from it while others never have even a speeding ticket
has been dissected for decades. Particularly, the study of criminology, targets why
individuals commit crimes and why they behave in certain situations. By understanding
why a person commits a crime, one can develop ways to control crime or rehabilitate
the criminal. There are many theories in criminology. Some attribute crime to the
individual; they believe that an individual weighs the pros and cons and makes a
conscious choice whether or not to commit a crime. Others believe it is the community’s
responsibility to ensure that their citizens do not commit crime by offering them a safe
and secure place in which to live. Some argue that some individuals have specific traits
that will determine how they will react when put in certain negative conditions. Although
varied in thought, everyone can agree that justice needs to be secured in a civilized
society.
This is the case of Delson Abanador, one of the detainee in Bureau of Jail Management
and Penology in Batangas City and considered as a recidivist that was being jailed two
times. The needs to determine the factors are to be considered to construct a study and
an answer to be able to know the reasons behind why he committed an offense; why did
he tend to do wrong acts that was against the law and the society and how the
environment, the family, schools, and neighbours affect his personality and his behaviour.
Based on the information gathered Delson Abanador’s was caught on 2014 by committing
the crime of robbery, he paid a bail amounting Php.100,000 for him to be free. After 2
years, on 2016 he was caught again through a buy bust operation and found a little sachet
of shabu and an amount of Php.80,000 to his pocket and as of now his case is ongoing.
This case study’s main objective is to be able to know the reasons behind why he
committed an offense, why did he tend to do wrong acts that was against the law and the
society. How the environment, the family, schools, and neighbours became and
Delson Abanador has a simple yet big family, his father is Danilo Abanador, a carpenter
barangay justice. In the family he has 11 siblings and he was the fourth one. They lived
in Ferry, Kumintang Ibaba, Batangas City. As I interviewed him, asking questions about
his family relationship he said that he is in good terms with her mother and even with his
siblings. He told me that his siblings was the one who visit him in jail and giving him aid
and financial for his everyday life in prison, all of his siblings were closed to him that for
sometimes we all know that in times, we all experienced misunderstanding like others but
they make sure that they not making it too long and fix things quickly. We talked about
his father, he said that his father is dead, but as he reminisce things about his father he
added that his dad was the one who gave rules to the family, he remembered when he
was a child when he was too hard-headed and became so irresponsible as a student his
father was the one who first get mad at him, there were times when he experienced to
tied and hanged up. As a response he did sorry for every wrong things he did and made
sure and promised that he will never do it again. As his story continue I asked him about
his relationship with his mother, he said that he was more of closed with his mom as of
now because his father was dead and only his mom was left. His mother never put a hand
to him and even in his siblings. When he did wrong, his mother did talked to him correcting
him and always made an advice for him to learn. Despite all the bad things he did, he
said that he is very thankful that his family never leaved him and still there to help him.
He said that he had a live in partner before named Darlyn Aloria also live in Ferry they
are not married because of lack of money. They had three children named Danica Lesly,
13 ; Carl Jerome 11 and Allysa Mae 6 years old. He told me that he had a good
relationship to his children, they usually visit him in prison, sending him food and asking
his life inside the jail. I asked him about his connection with the mother of his children, he
said that they were 2 years separated and everything was done between him and her.
They catch up for the sake of their children. Before when they are still together he said
that for sometimes they had a misunderstanding about certain things, they never had a
big fight, he was the one who always fix things and also his oldest daughter will be
sometimes the guide for them to be in good terms. Delson is a 39 year old, a tricycle
driver. He found his job as decent as it is because he told me that his job was the only
thing that he knows to be able to sustain the needs of his family. His life is simple but he
got the power to work as he can to bring his family a good living.
Back at his young age, Delson had no capacity at attending his school days. He studied
elementary at Batangas East Elementary school and at Batangas National High school
but not finishing it and stopped as a first year student. I asked him why and what were
the reasons behind his education he said that he was too lazy to attend, he is not
interested in school and that for sometimes he and his friends had a cutting class but he
never had a trouble in school. One of basic reasons of not attending in class is because
of his friends who were bad influence to him before. Peer pressure could be the lead and
factors that affect his schooling. He was being guidance at school for the reasons of so
many absences he did that his teachers got in point from where his parents were being
called to go in school and talked about his wrong doings. He told me that his mother
always talked to him and asked him what he wanted in his life, his mother pushed him to