PSYC39H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Differential Association, Social Learning Theory, Group Psychotherapy
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Prisoners tend to be less well educated and have poorer employment histories: at the macro level, the objective is to understand crime as a large-scale social phenomenon, reflecting strain theory. As the perspective narrows, the importance of socialization and the influence of community, family, and peer groups becomes of greater interest, reflecting differential association theory. The decision is further influenced by attitudes supportive of crime, a history of criminal behaviour, a balance of the costs and rewards for crime, and the presence of social supports for crime. Highlights to contributions of community, interpersonal, personal, and consequences: cognitive social learning theory (theory of crime that attends to social and cognitive factors as well as behaviour) Definition of crime: individual"s motivation, opportunity, politics, social convention, and context when explaining certain behaviours. Legal (acts prohibited by the state that are punishable under the law) as viewed as criminal. Moral (violation of norms of religion and morality that are punishable by supreme beings)
