SOC-3340 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Differential Association, Social Learning Theory, Parking Violation
31 Aug 2016
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2 models of law: consensus view of the law. Groups in society agree about what is right and wrong. Laws reflect the important shared values of society. There is a single moral order in a society: pluralist/group conflict view of the law. Groups in society disagree about what is right and wrong. Laws are the result of a political process where competition determines legality. Some crimes are mala en se and some are mala prohibita . Mala en se : something is a crime because it is a crime: example: murder. Mala prohibita : something is a crime because someone said it is: example: parking violation. Differential association and social learning theories (group conflict theory: assumptions of the differential association and learning theories: Delinquency is motivated ( we are all blank slates ). Therefore, delinquency is an act motivated by conformity to group standards, which are in conflict with the law: differential association theory (sutherland)
