CRIM 300W Lecture : Week 10 Lecture - Social Process & Social Learning
21 Nov 2013
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Most social learning theories: assume criminal behavior is learned behavior, socialization. Interaction with others: direct learning, assumption people are blank slates, known as learning theories. Others assume offending is natural: learn to control these tendencies, assumption people are born with antisocial propensity, known as control theories, assume behavior is innate, born to be physically aggressive, learn to control these behaviors. 3 learning theories: (that we address but there are many more: differential association, differential identification, differential reinforcement. Edwin sutherland: departed from popular opinion that criminal behavior was result of something abnormal, believed that criminal behavior was learned in the same manner as any behavior. Any person could be criminal learning occurs in social interaction with other s not though reading o the media: built on the process of classical conditioning. Stimuli patterned response: boils down to who you associate with. A lot of other theories (sub-cultural, socialization) also states that people you associate with influence you.
