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Sutherland - Theory of Differential Association
- 1. Criminal Behavior is learned
2. It is learned in interaction with other persons
- Sutherland - Theory of Differential Association
  - 1. Criminal Behavior is learned
3. The learning occurs in intimate personal groups
4. The learning also includes techniques of committing crime
5. The specific direction of motives is learned from definitions of legal codes as favorable or not favorable
6. A person becomes delinquent because of a excess of definitions favourable to violation of law
7. differential associations vary in frequency, duration, priority and intensity
8.It involves all mechanisms that are involved in any other learning
Individual differences
Neglects those who act alone
Theory is unproven
Outdated - does not include media influences
Bandura - SLT
Low in temporal validity
Low in Validity
Low in Reliability
Based on assumptions

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