differential association

differential association

A general theory of criminal behavior developed by E.H Sutherland. It attempts to explain the crime in terms of cultural transmission; crime is learned within primary groups whose members are criminally inclined. People become criminal as a consequence of excess of social definitions to crime over a unfavorable definitions. The theory was further revised by Sutherland and Cressy.It criticizes the conventional view of crime which treats criminals as abnormal persons.

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