CRI205H1 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Statutory Rape, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, General Strain Theory
15 Apr 2017
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Social learning, sexual and physical abuse and adult. Research shows that children have been physically and sexually abused are more likely commit violent offenses as adults than children who have not been victimized. These children are also more likely to commit sexual offenses as adolescents or adults. The idea that a history of abuse in childhood is a causal factor in violence and sexual offending is widely accepted by scholars in the area and have had a great impact on public discourse. The most common explanation of the effect of abuse on offending involves modeling example bandura 1978. According to social learning theory individuals learn in part, by observing the behaviors of others. Vicarious learning is more likely went either the model or observer is rewarded, but it can occur without favorable consequences. According to this argument some children learn to do what has been done to them ( as well as what they witness).
