The social disorganization theory is the theory I choose for Tommy Shakur Ross because he sounds like a young person who looked up to others and aspired to be more but didn’t know how. Tommy believed that joining a game would help him feel more at home because he was affected by his surroundings and where he lived. Shakur grew up in an impoverished, gang-infested area of South Central Los Angeles in the 1980s. At the age of 13, Shakur was impressed by the Eight Tray gang’s culture and how close-knit and family-like they were. According to social disorganization theory, people’s actions are more strongly influenced by the quality of their social relationships and physical environment than by rational thought. Shakur’s friends, with whom he began to associate and befriend, are what led to his demise in gang affiliations and crime.