CRIM 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Differential Association, Social Control Theory, Labeling Theory
17 Feb 2016
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Emphasize the interaction between individuals and society. Assume that everyone has the potential to violate the law. Argue that criminality is not an innate human characteristic. Assert criminal behaviour is learned through interaction with others. Social learning theory: learning from watching admired model. Labelling theory: defined as labelled offenders offenders. Reintegrative shaming: shaming with the goal of (re) integration into society. Social control theory: social constraints related to criminal behaviour. Criminal behaviour is learned through communication and people learn to commit crime from others with criminal others. Differential association: behaviour is learned through communications. Neutralization techniques: learned justifications providing the means to disavow responsibility for one"s behaviour. Earliest and most influential forms of social learning theories. All significant human behaviour is learned behaviour and crime is not substantively different from any other form of behaviour. 2) through the process of communication with others. 3) learning occurs within intimate personal groups.
