Rational Choice Theory In Blood Out

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Blood In, Blood Out
Rational Choice Theory
According to the Twelfth Edition Criminology: Theories, Patterns, and Typologies, the rational choice theory states that the decision to commit a crime is formed by a human’s thoughts and emotions. It is a view of crime in which decision-making is taking place and the offender is to deal with the charges and benefits of an illegal act they committed.

In the movie “Blood In, Blood Out”, each of the main characters in the movie were involved in many actions that lead them to the rational choice theory. This theory is very important because it takes full effect on the main characters choices and decisions they provided in the movie. Miklo’s actions and disruptiveness allowed him to pay for the variety of crimes he violated. He was on probation for beating his father, shot and killed a guy in a gang fight, and also killed another inmate while he was in prison. Cruz’s hard work and dedication to his artwork was thrown away due to his decision-making. He was using and …show more content…

They were all affected by this theory because each one of them went through a rough time in their life that boosted up their arousal level. For example, Paco got really upset when another group of gang members beat, stabbed, and jumped Cruz. He was so upset that he could not handle how angry he was. In fact, he started a huge violent fight between his gang and the other gang. The arousal theory also had a huge impact on Miklo. For instance, when he was taking over for Montana and he heard that one of the “BGA” members killed him, he went insane. His aggression towards the “BGA” group was intolerable because “La Onda” killed basically all of the members who were also in the prison with him. On the other hand, Cruz was really affected because he lost his brother to a drug overdose. Cruz blamed himself for his brothers loss and began drinking and doing more

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