ADMJ 0600 Chapter Notes - Chapter 7: Differential Association, Social Control Theory, Labeling Theory

• School: Pitt
• Department: Administration of Justice
• Course: ADMJ 0600
• Professor: Louis Gentile

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Socialization is the process of acquiring social norms, values, behavior, and skills through interaction with significant others such as parents, teachers, and peers. Social process theory: criminality is a fu(cid:374)(cid:272)tio(cid:374) of people"s i(cid:374)tera(cid:272)tio(cid:374)s (cid:449)ith (cid:448)arious organizations, institutions, and processes of society. Social learning theory: people learn the techniques and attitudes of crime from close relationships with criminal peers, therefore, crime is a learned behavior. Social control theory: everyone has the potential to become a criminal, but most people are controlled by their bonds to society; crime occurs when the forces that bind people are weakened or broken. Social reaction (labeling) theory: people become criminals when significant members of society label them as such and they accept those labels as a personal identity. Differential reinforcement theory: behavior is reinforced by being either rewarded or punished while interacting with others. Attachment: sensitivity and interest in others. Commitment: time, energy, and effort expended on conventional actions.