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Individualistic Theories
Learning Theories
Behaviourism AO3
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+Crime often runs in
families
; this implies that
families
‘teach’ criminality in their members.
+Attitudes of work groups can
normalise
white collar crime.
+It can explain
cultural
differences in
deviance
and criminal
behaviour.
+It has a clear basis in well
understood
and
scientific
behavioural theory.
-Learning theories are
determinist
, as they suggest that people have
no
control over the
learning
process.
-Not everyone has been
exposed
to criminal
influences
becomes criminal.
-The theory rests on
operant
conditioning, which is based primarily on
animal
researc. Humans are more
complex.