This attracts young people into a life of crime and as a result a high rate of delinquency is observed (Lilly et al., 2015). The other Wes Moore grew up in a family without a stable mother and an incarcerated father. He had a brother he admired, but his brother was involved in drug trafficking. Shaw and McKay found that youth became involved in crime through their association with older siblings or gang members (Lilly et al., 2015). Shaw and McKay believed that disorganized neighborhoods helped produce and sustain “criminal traditions” that competed with conventional values ​​and could be “passed down through successive generations of boys, in much the same way that language and other social forms are passed down ” (Lilly et al. ., 2015). This is seen through Tony, he exposed the other Wes Moore to drug trafficking at a young age and this lifestyle was passed on from Tony to Wes. He sees how successful the old nuisance is in the drug trade. He often asks Tony for advice, and even though Tony told him to stay away from his lifestyle, Wes got involved