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The sociologist Edwin Sutherland used the term ______ for when people violate laws after being exposed to attitudes that are favorable to violation of the law.

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Answer:Differential association theory.

According to Edwin Sutherland,differential association theory is a social psychology approach to explain how an individual becomes a criminal..The theory emphasizes that individual will engage in criminal activities when the outcomes that favours violating the law is higher than the outcomes of not violating the law

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