• a sociological theory suggesting that criminal behaviour is learned through social interactions and associations with others
What is the key idea behind differential association?
• people vary in how often they associate with others who have favourable or unfavourable attitudes towards crime, influencing their own attitudes and behaviour
What did Sutherland propose about predicting criminal behaviour?
• he believed it might be possible to develop a mathematical formula to predict criminality based on frequency, duration, and intensity of social interactions
