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• DAT was developed by Sunderland


  1939
• DAT

  An explanation for criminal behaviour, under the central premise that crime is learned
• DAT

  • Based in SLT principles - that criminal behaviour is vicariously reinforced through the observation of positive reinforcement (e.g. thrill of the crime) negative reinforcement (e.g. avoidance of getting caught) and punishment
• Differential association

  Occurs when different people are socialised in different groups of people who have particular attitudes toward criminality (e.g. pro-criminal/anti-criminal attitudes), resulting in the internalisation of such values
• Offending behaviour


  The act of imitation: when individuals copy the behaviour of those they identify with
• Learnt offending behavioursin prisons


  • Techniques and methods
  • Attitudes and motives to commit a crime
• Increased frequency, duration, and intensity of exposure to pro-criminal attitudes


  Increases the likelihood of committing a crime