Throughout this video many of the main character’s actions supported that of Edwin Sutherland’s theory of Differential Association. Sutherland used many propositions to help explain why individuals commit crime. For example, proposition one stated that, “criminal behavior is learned. Sutherland declared that criminal behavior is not inherited biologically or otherwise the result of any biological traits”(120). An example of this within the video would be Rat being taught by his close friend Jack how to dumpster dive and scam restaurants out of food. This leads us into the second proposition that states that, “criminal behavior is learned in interaction with other persons in a process of
Throughout this video many of the main character’s actions supported that of Edwin Sutherland’s theory of Differential Association. Sutherland used many propositions to help explain why individuals commit crime. For example, proposition one stated that, “criminal behavior is learned. Sutherland declared that criminal behavior is not inherited biologically or otherwise the result of any biological traits”(120). An example of this within the video would be Rat being taught by his close friend Jack how to dumpster dive and scam restaurants out of food. This leads us into the second proposition that states that, “criminal behavior is learned in interaction with other persons in a process of