Differential association theory

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Sutherland (1939)

Created DA and recognises offending in terms of social learning

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What is sutherlands 9 DA proposals?

  1. Criminality is learnt

  1. Through interaction via communication

  2. intimate personal groups

  3. learning shares techniques and motives to favour crimnality

  4. Motives divide legal codes into favourable and un

  5. becomes delinquent when weighing motives and law

  6. Varys in frequency, duration, priority and intensity

  7. same mechanisms involved as normal learning

  8. expression of needs and values but not explained by them

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What did he argue for and against?

Criminal behaviour isnt something born it is the socialisation of a person around pro criminal attitudes

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What are the 2 things that a person learns according to sutherland?

learned attitudes (values, justifications) and Learned skills (how to commit crime)

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How can we predict crime according to sutherland?

Frequency, intensity, duration and priority

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What does DA refer to?

the ratio of pro-criminal and anti-criminal associations