Edwin Sutherland

Sutherland Differential Association Theory Introduction There are a large number of factors that come into play when dealing with the subject of the Sutherland Differential Association Theory. The first issue that will be covered in respects to the actual theory itself is the historical foundation of the theory, which is the basis for how the theory came into being in the criminal justice community. Concepts and propositions are also factors to be considered when dealing with the Sutherland…

According, to the FBI there are approximately 25 to 50 serial killers throughout the U.S and Jeffery Dahmer was one of them. He was born in West Allis, Wisconsin on May 21,1960. He was the first born of two sons, when he was 3 before his fourth birthday he was diagnosed with double hernia. He was frightened by not knowing what was going on and had to follow through with an operation. The experience of a complete stranger exploring his body marked his subconscious forever. Later on with his…

Sutherland had developed the principle of differential association, given the idea that offenders learn crime from each other, giving the account for how criminal offenders and delinquents learn crime. Sutherland believed that crime is learned through the same method in which all other learning occurs. With the social learning theory, behavior is learned, likewise criminal behavior is learned, and Sutherland explained that some people are more inclined…

After read chapter 4, I think the most plausible in explaining present day delinquency is differential association theory because according to Edwin Sutherland who developed this theory, delinquency was a learned behavior and I believe this is true. But who and where do people learn the delinquency from? The other people who was interacted with them. “Who keeps company with the wolf will learn to howl” This sentence could be the good example for this theory, it means if you associate with…

Edwin H. Sutherland’s theory of Differential Association, nine components are below (Edwin Sutherland's Differential Association Theory Explained 2017): 1. All criminal behavior is considered to be a learned behavior. I agree with this theory, I don’t think that criminals are born with the knowledge of how to justify or commit a crime. 2. Criminal behaviors are learned through the interactions that one person has with others through variable communication processes. I agree with this component…

Originally developed by scholars at the University of Chicago in the early 1900’s, the social disorganization theory links crime rates to neighborhood ecological characteristics. The core principal of this theory is that where a person lives has strong relevance on the development of the moral and ethical development of a person and whether or not that person will later commit crimes. In other words, youth that grow up in disadvantaged neighborhoods will likely become part of a subculture where…

Symbolic Interactionalism would be the best choice of theory to analyze the increase in white collar crime in an area. Because this theory is built around a central idea that people are active in creating their lives, using this approach would allow me to understand the contributing factors which might be causing a rise in white collar crime. Some of the contributing factors affecting an individual are the smaller groups which an individual learns the behavior, acceptance of deviant behavior…

Sutherland noted that the actions of a person are influenced by the people they interact with. It is believed that because a person’s main interaction is with their family, as that is whom they have been raised and lived with, the person’s social values and norms are developed from the intimate relationship with family members. Sutherland asserted that that learned behavior is not invented or biologically transmitted…

the idea of learning to become an offender was central to the concept of differential association theory developed by Edwin Sutherland and his description of the white-collar crime concept. Sutherland’s differential association theory to emphasize the importance of relationship and the learning process in understanding the emergence of deviance. According Ian Marsh (2006), Sutherland said that crime was socially defined by powerful sections of society then he also described how the individual…

criminals are born and cannot be reformed, and Charles Darwin who suggested that criminal tendencies are inherited. These particular theorists were around during colonial times. After the Chicago School of Criminology was built, theorist like Edwin Sutherland and Robert Merton emerged, who believed external factors such as society and poverty influenced individuals to commit crimes. As criminology evolved, people began to see that criminals are influenced by economic issues, and social…