differential association theory
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- Created on: 31-05-18 22:35
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- Psychological Explanations: Differential Association Theory
- Sutherland aimed to develop a set of scientific principles to explain offending
- There should be clear cause and effect links between background of criminals and those who don't want to become criminals
- Social experiences should clearly predict criminal behaviour
- Ignore race, class and ethnicity
- There should be clear cause and effect links between background of criminals and those who don't want to become criminals
- Crime is learned through interaction with others
- Family and peer group
- Two factors
- Learned attitudes towards crime
- Learned of criminal acts
- Crime results if exposure to pro-crime values outweighs anti-crime values
- It should be possible to predict the likelihood that someone will commit a crime using maths
- Must have knowledge of frequency, intensity and duration of exposure to deviant and non-deviant norms and values
- We also learn criminal techniques as well as attitudes
- Include how to break into someone's house through locked windows or steal car radios
- Reoffending may be due to socialisation in prison
- Inmates are constantly around pro-crime attitudes and may also learn criminal techniques
- Put this into practice when released
- Inmates are constantly around pro-crime attitudes and may also learn criminal techniques
- Sutherland aimed to develop a set of scientific principles to explain offending
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