CRM-101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Edwin Sutherland, Differential Association, Social Control Theory

• School: University of Tampa
• Department: Criminology and Criminal Justice
• Course: CRM-101
• Professor: drlarosa

Document Summary

Social process and social development- chapters 5 and 6. Social process- same side, same part of political structure; argue what is more important is the direct relationships and how those relationships shape our decisions. Social learning theory: criminal behavior is learned through human interaction (not tv or music) Social control theory: human behavior is controlled through close associations with institutions and individuals (cid:894)stro(cid:374)g (cid:271)o(cid:374)ds pre(cid:448)e(cid:374)t a(cid:272)tio(cid:374)s dee(cid:373)ed (cid:862)(cid:271)ad(cid:863)(cid:895) Social reaction/ labeling theory: people given negative labels by authority figures accept those labels as a personal identity, setting up self- fulfilling prophecy. Sutherland- crime is learned just like any other behavior, a process called differential association. Growing up with positive values versus negative ways to get what is desired. Principal part of the learning of criminal behavior occurs within intimate personal. Learned through the interaction with other persons in a process of communication groups. Differential associations may vary in frequency, duration, priority, and intensity.