CRMJ 201 Chapter Notes - Chapter 7: Edwin Sutherland, Differential Association, Social Learning Theory
11 Dec 2017
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Learning theories: assume that our attitudes and behavioral decisions are acquired via communication after we are born. Ex: parents repeating something over and over again has some influence on you. Ex: if you teach this class i will give you as a reward. Ex: if you teach this class, you will never have to go to a faculty meeting ever again: punishment decreases behavior. Inability to delay gratification; wanting immediate gratification: offenders are, oriented to the present, risk-taking and physical, lacking in patience, persistence, and diligence, self-centered and insensitive. Their character may be initially described by going to the elements of the bond identified by social control theory: attachment, commitment, involvement, and the (cid:271)elief. (cid:863) Initial offense that has its own motivation: secondary deviance: de(cid:448)ia(cid:374)(cid:272)e that (cid:396)esults f(cid:396)o(cid:373) so(cid:272)iet(cid:455)"s (cid:396)ea(cid:272)tio(cid:374) to p(cid:396)i(cid:373)a(cid:396)(cid:455) deviance. Crime or delinquency that results from the label society puts on you.
