Differential association theory:
1. Criminal beahviour is learned
2. it is learned in interaction with others in a process of communication
3. the principal part of learning ciminial behaviour comes from intimate personal groups
4. when it is learned, it includes the techniques of commiting crime, and the direction of motives, rationalisations and attitudes
5. the direction of motives and drives is learned from defintiions of legal codes as favourable or not
6. people become delinquent because of an excess of definitions favourable to violation of law
7. differential association may vary in frequncey, duration, priority and intensity
8. the process of learning criminal behaviour involves mechanisms presnt in all types of learning
9. it is not solely explained by needs and values, as non-criminals express the same values.
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