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Point one:

Criminal behaviour is learned.
Point two:
- Criminal behaviour is learned through interaction with other persons in a process of communication.
- Supporting his first point about criminal behaviour being learned.
Point three:
- The princible part of learning criminal behaviour occurs within intimate personal groups.
- Media is an unimportant role in the development of criminals.
Point four:
- When criminal behaviour is learned, the techniques required for the crimes are learned too.
- Also learning the attitudes taken and the excuses made for the behaviour.
Point five:
- The direction of motives and drives is learned from the definitions of legal codes, as favourable or unfavourable.
- Groups may see certain laws as pointless or discriminatory and there fore okay to break them.
Point six:
- A person becomes delinquent because of an excess of definitions favourable to violation of law over definitions unfavourable.
- Individuals become criminals due to repeated contact with criminal activity and a lack of non-criminal activity.
Point seven:

Differential associations, number of contacts with criminals over non-criminals, may vary in frequency, duration, priority and intensity.
Point eight:

Criminal behaviour is learned just like any other behaviour.
Point nine:

Criminal behaviour is an expression of general needs and values, however the general needs and values do not explain the behaviour.
Summary:
- Deviance occurs when people define a certain situation as appropriate for violating the law.
- Definitions are acquired through past experiences.

Author

EllisC

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Card Set

Psychology

Description

Sutherland, Theory points.

Updated

2012-09-26T11:11:56Z

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