SOCI 3810 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Sexual Coercion, Machismo, Social Disorganization Theory

• School: University of Georgia
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOCI 3810
• Professor: Brittany Martin

Document Summary

More theories on crime: differential association & social learning theory, basic aspects of learning theories, main idea : humans born as blank states, thus behavior (criminal and noncriminal) is learned. Macro : why certain groups have higher rates of crime? b. tends to focus more on adolescent/young adult delinquency vs. adulthood crime. Intensity > juvenile experiences crime from intimate sources that are liked and respected: sutherland : theory of differential association. 1: having speci c motives, rationalizations, and attitudes learning techniques of committing crimes, criminal learning is the same as other learning, general needs or values do not explain criminal behavior. Main principle of theory : a person becomes delinquent because of an excess of de nitions favorable to the violation of law over de nitions unfavorable to the violation of law . Retains sutherland"s concepts but uses behavioral theory and psychological social learning theories to explain how crime is learned & extends other processes not just differential association.