Social Psychological

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  nurture = aspects of behaviour acquired through experience (interactions with environment)
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  Differential Association Theory = explanation for offending, proposes that through interactions with others, individuals learn values attitudes, techniques and motives for CB
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  operant conditioning = learning that occurs when we are reinforced for doing something, positive or negative
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  vicarious reinforcement = learning which isn't a result of direct reinforcement of behaviour but through observing someone else being reinforced for that behaviour
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  norms = something that is standard of a social group
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  white collar crime = non-violent in nature and includes public corruption
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  socialisation = process by which individuals acquire social skills, beliefs, values and behaviours necessary to function effectively in society
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  patriarchal societies = society controlled by men in which they use their power to their advantage
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  recidivism = where a person reoffends, even after punishment