Learning Theory- offending
- Created by: natjade96
- Created on: 04-05-15 15:41
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- Learning Theory explanation of offending
- Criminal behaviour is learnt
- We are not born criminals
- Relates to Classical and Operant conditioning
- Classical Conditioning
- Associating stealing from a store with excitement
- Operant Conditioning
- Stealing sweets and getting punished by parents or praised by peers
- Evaluation
- + Incorporates environmental factors of criminal behaviour
- + If behaviour is learnt we can find therapies to 'unlearn' behaviour
- - Deterministic
- - If our behaviour is conditioned we lack free will & therefore cannot blame/ punish criminals
- Criminal behaviour is learnt
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