Turning to Crime: Upbringing Flashcards
Farrington’s study looks at…
Delinquent development
Bowlby’s study looks at…
Maternal deprivation
Aim of Farrington’s study…
To investigate the influence of family orientated life events on the likelihood of criminal behaviour.
Farrington PP’s
411 boys aged 8 and 9 from East London
How many families involved in Farrington’s study?
397 different families from working class backgrounds.
(Farrington)
At age 48, how many participants were interviewed?
365 PP’s (93%)
(Farrington)
Who was interviewed?
Children
Parents
Teachers
(Farrington)
What other data was used to check the results of the interviews against?
Data from the Criminal Records Office was used to gain information about convictions of the boys, their families and later wives or cohabitees.
(Farrington)
Chronic offenders shared which characteristics…?
Convicted parent Delinquent sibling Young mother Disrupted family Large family size
(Farrington)
At which age did number criminal offenses peak within the group of boys?
Age 17, closely followed by 18.
Bandura’s theory…
Social Learning Theory
(Bandura)
Two types of learning…
Observational
Vicarious
(Bandura)
Types of vicarious learning…
Vicarious reinforcement:
imitate role model and get rewarded
Vicarious punishment:
less likely to imitate role model if they get punished for doing so
Sutherland’s theory…
It is the social organisations in which people are associated that determine whether or not they will participate in criminal behaviour.
(Sutherland)
Two assumptions…
1) Deviance occurs when people deem it appropriate to violate social norms or laws.
2) Definitions of situation acquired through past experience e.g. Boy sees dad use violence to deal with certain situations, more likely to imitate that in the future.
