Ken McElroy, generally referred to as the town bully at Skidmore, Missouri was born as the 12th child of two unsuccessful farmers. McElroy grew up resenting and bullying kids with more success than him. While McElroy committed multiples of crimes such as stealing a pig and threatening people’s lives, he continuously found a way to avoid charges. I believe that the lower-class reaction theory, power control theory, and social bond theory take control in explaining McElroy’s behaviors. First, Cohen’s lower-class reaction theory explains that delinquency is a lower-class reaction middle class values (Hagan 160). Lower class individuals uses delinquent subcultures to respond against a middle class value system. Since the individuals cannot accept