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Differential association theory

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An explanation for offending which proposes that, through interaction with others, individuals learn the values, attitudes, techniques and motives for criminal behaviour

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Association

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number of contacts with criminals over non criminals

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2 factors that criminality arises from

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  • Learning attitudes towards crime

- Learning specific criminal acts

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Sutherland

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‘the conditions which are said to cause crime should be present when crime is present, and they should be absent when crime is absent’

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Sutherland argues a number of pro-criminal…

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…attitudes the person comes to acquire outweighs the number of anti-criminal attitudes, they will go on to offend.

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Differential association suggests that it should be possible to mathematically predict how likely it is that an individual will commit crime if we have knowledge of the…

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  • frequency
  • Intensity
  • Duration
  • Priority
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Frequency

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how often exposed

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Duration

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length of time exposed

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Priority

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how important criminal association is

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Intensity

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real life or on TV

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Learning criminal acts

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Learning may occur through observational learning and imitation or direct tuition from criminal peers