LS222 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Mass Media, Joiner, Game Players

• School: University of Waterloo
• Department: Legal Studies
• Course: LS222
• Professor: Allison Chenier

Document Summary

Generic assumpions: human behaviour is lexible, not ixed. Behaviour changes according to circumstances: most delinquency is commited in a group or gang context. Social learning theories bridge the gap between: a major assumpion is that human behavior including delinquent behavior is lexible and not ixed second assumpion is that most delinquency is commited to a group or gang context. Diferenial associaion theory developed by sutherland (1939) Widely studied theory of adult theory as well not just limited to juvenile delinquency. Outline proposiions statements, they represent the major assumpion of this theory. What"s emphasize is that all behavior is learned, nothing is geneically programmed: delinquent behavior is learned. Learning of delinquent behaviour occurs primarily in small, informal group seings. Learning of delinquent behaviour develops from collecive experiences as well as from speciic situaional, current events. In this theory the peer group relaions takes centric stage. This theory explains how group relaions inluence peoples aitudes and behavior.