CRM 302 Lecture 4: SOC2700 - Lecture 4- Learning Theories.docx

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: Criminology
• Course: CRM 302
• Professor: Anne- Marie Singh

Document Summary

Society as an ecosystem made of different subcultures. Ecological mapping-plot where behaviors occurred and behaviors existed. Most interested in transition zone (greatest concentration of deviance/crime) Crime rates seem to remain in same location even though residents change: residents are not homogenous (esbensen and huizinga, values are being transmitted that keep crime rates high. Based on ecological and cultural transmission theory, symbolic interactionism and cultural conflict theory. Differential association- people have different social situations and therefore learn different things. It is a product of the social environment and values gained from important others in the social environment. Mere association with criminals does not cause criminal behavior. Some social groups possess pro-criminal transition; other anti-criminal traditions. Type of tradition is passed down through generations (cultural transmission) But why does it vary from individual to individual: answer: 9 propositions. Sutherland"s 9 propositions: criminal behavior is learned. Has nothing to do with genes; not inherited, not personality.