evaluating DAT

• SUPPORTING RE - learn cb through observing others

  } Bandura - Bobo Doll = children observed adult role model play aggressively / not with bobo doll and other toys

  > agg condition = modelled physical + verbal aggressive b and more likely to play with toy gun

  > control = little natural tendency for aggressive play

  - sug - ppl = little natural inclination towards aggressive behaviour (disputes bio exp)

  - demonstrates = learn agg / cb through interactions with ppl who engage in b
• SUPPORTING RE - learn from ppl we're close to

  } Osborn + West = 40% sons with c dads committed crime by 18

  - comp = 13% sons with non c dads

  > sug = dads = powerful influence on son's attitudes towards c

  > f can be explained by inherited criminality
• CORRELATION NOT CAUSATION - supp RE = correlational

  } Cox et al = not possible to measure strength and no. of associates and the effect this has on development of attitudes towards crime

  - difficult to conduct experimental research into DAT

  - reliance on correlational data > direction of relationship (ppl we associate with and our cb) = difficult to establish

  - DAT - argue = pro-crime associates cause cb > but could be because our existing inclination towards cb = means we see criminal associates
• REDUCTIONIST - DAT doesn't account for all kinds of c

  - c like rape + murder = impulsive, fuelled by rage / passions - rather - developing overtime through observing others and trying B

  - DAT - may only exp cb that develops overtime (motives / techniques for robbery)

  - alt exp = bio - need to be considered to explain sudden / impulsive cb