Key Questions: Can LT Explain Knife Crime?

Question 1

What is your learning theories key question?

Answer 1

Can learning theories explain knife crime?

Question 2

How can SLT explain knife crime?

Answer 2

In same sex gangs observers are more likely to be influenced by the role model gang friends.
Attention: Observe gang members holding knives.
Retention: Think about it and associate it with confidence.
Reproduction: Decide to carry a knife.
Motivation: Continue carrying knives due to new found respect and confidence.

Question 3

How can CC explain knife crime?

Answer 3

People holding knives may do it because they have been conditioned to believe that they aren’t safe without one.
NS (Danger)= No response
UCS (Knife)= UCR (Confidence)
NS+UCS= CR (Confidence)

Question 4

How does OC explain knife crime?

Answer 4

If an individual is positively reinforced with respect for carrying a knife then they will repeat this behaviour.
However this may be counteracted if the individual is punished. Eg: Jail or being stabbed.

Question 5

Why can Operant conditioning not explain knife crime?

Answer 5

Recidivism:
Why after many punishments do young people still carry knives?

Question 6

Define knife crime.

Answer 6

A crime that involves a bladed article that can be unprovoked or planned.

Question 7

How have knife crimes cases changed between 2011 and 2019?

Answer 7

Grown by 15%

Question 8

What is the domino effect?

Answer 8

One crime being committed sets off a domino chain of effecting other people around the victim the offender and their families.

Question 9

Give an example of someone involved in knife crime.

Answer 9

Daniel Pollen:
Unprovoked attack in public, died at the scene.