Dicusses Sutherland’s Differential Association Theory, including the following: desirability of crime, attitudes towards crime (pro or against), certain types of crime in particular communities, the frequency and length of exposure to pro-criminal attitudes, direct and indirect learning, and modelling. Particularly good links with social learning theory.
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