Psychological Explenations, Differential Association theory

Question 1

What is differential association

Answer 1

A theory made by Sutherland based on the social learning theory approach where we learn criminal behaviour through techniques and attitudes

Question 2

Crime as a learned behaviour

Answer 2

-People internalise pro criminal attitudes towards the law from parents and communities
-If the number of pro crime attitudes weigh out the number of anti crime attitudes then offending will occur

Question 3

Mathematical prediction for criminal attitude

Answer 3

Measure the frequency, intensity and duration of exposure to pro criminal attitudes to predict the likelihood of developing one

Question 4

Learning specific criminal techniques

Answer 4

-Communities like prison teach criminal skills like carjacking and how to hide your tracks etc
-This can explain why so many go on to reoffend once out of jail
-Observational learning and imitation

Question 5

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