CRJ 308 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Differential Association

• School: ASU
• Department: Criminology and Criminal Justice
• Course: CRJ 308
• Professor: Amanda Lindsay

Document Summary

Argued that criminal behaviors happen with the positive and negative definitions of crime. The more positive definition of committing crime that more likely you are to commit that crime. Based on 9 differential propositions: criminal behavior is learned- not inherent. Learned through interaction with other people- usually through other people. Learned through intimidate personal groups- face-to-face interaction within a group. Criticisms: doesn"t present a good enough definition, such as favorable or unfavorable. The experimentation of certain criminal activity may lead to more crime. When a parent lets a child drink at home rather than go out to drink, it may deter future crime that may happen because of the drinking. Stealing may also be a leaned behavior, kids may grow up only seeing this behavior and continue to do this as well. It also doesn"t explain that why some families who have criminal activity present, do not produce offspring that commit the same crimes (this may be an unfavorable definition)