Social Learning Theory explanation for criminal behaviour
Everything you need to know about SLT and crime.
- description
- motivation
- examples
- evaluation
- Created by: hannah002rose
- Created on: 09-12-15 17:23
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- Social Learning Theory of Crime
- SLT
- Behavior comes from OBSERVING ROLE MODELS and IMITATING THEIR BEHAVIOR.
- ATTENTION RETENTION REPLICATIONMOTIVATION
- Behavior comes from OBSERVING ROLE MODELS and IMITATING THEIR BEHAVIOR.
- Role of reinforcement and crime
- Commit crimes because of association with others - it is possible to be reinforced for crime.
- POSITIVE reinforcement - increases the frequency of criminal behavior because something nice happens
- e.g. financial gain or thrill of committing crimes.
- NEGATIVE reinforcement - increases the frequency of criminal behavior because something not so nice is removed.
- PUNISHMENT is likely to deter criminal behaviour
- SLT suggests that a second crime is likely to be similar to the first crime because it matches the patterns of reinforcement.
- Motivation for crime
- Vicarious Learning
- Learning through indirect sources such as the success/failure of another person
- A successful criminal is therefore more motivating than an unsuccessful one
- Self reinforcement
- Committing crimes is more motivating when internal needs are satisfied.
- e.g. excitement of shoplifting
- Committing crimes is more motivating when internal needs are satisfied.
- External motivation
- Once the criminal act is acquired through SLT then operant conditioning is applied
- EXTRINSIC MOTIVATION - taking action for the sake of obtaining a reward or outcome.
- e.g. trying to impress peer groups by vandalizing a car
- Once the criminal act is acquired through SLT then operant conditioning is applied
- e.g. trying to impress peer groups by vandalizing a car
- Vicarious Learning
- SLT
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