Question

Professor lubinski has been studying criminal behavior for many years. she believes that criminal behavior is a result of a learning process that occurs chiefly within small, intimate groups—family, friends, neighborhood peer groups, and the like. the lessons learned include both the techniques for committing crimes and, more important, the motives for criminal behavior. what explanation is professor lubinski referring to?

Answer 1

The correct answer is differential association. This is considered as a theory in which the one who develop this theory is Edwin Sutherland in which this is about having to propose by means of using interactions towards other people and the way individuals were able to learn from the criminal behavior.