Differential Association Theory Flashcards

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SLT of crime

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learning criminal behaviour from associations and contacts

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Sutherland 1924

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Sutherland (1924) = clear cause and effect links between the backgrounds of people who become criminals and those who do not → social experiences should clearly predict criminal behaviour

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crime as a learned behaviour
- learning off who
- and what other factor is important

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  • Learning occurs through interactions with significant others that the child associates with, such as family and peer group
    ● Differential association refers to the degree to which a person associates with these individuals
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Criminality arises from two factors:

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  • Learning attitudes towards crime
  • Learning of specific criminal acts
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what does differential association theory suggest?

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● Crime occurs if exposure to pro-crime values outweighs anti-crime values
● When a person is socialised into a group they will be exposed to specific values and attitudes
● predict how likely it is that an individual will commit a crime if they have been exposed to deviant and non-deviant norms and values

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learning criminal acts

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  • Learn particular techniques for committing crime e.g. how to break into someone else’s house through a locked window
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reoffending

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  • Reoffending may be due to socialisation in prison
    It is reasonable to assume that whilst inside prison inmates will be exposed to pro-criminal attitudes and learn specific techniques of offending from more experienced criminals which they can put into practice upon their release
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