1. The Differential Theory and Criminal Behavior
... should one define as acceptable to result to "excess of definitions". The second limitation [Chu09] is that it fails to specify the learning process. In this regard,[Chu09] assert that the theory of differential association lacks a clue as regards to the specifics to be incorporated in "all the mechanisms involved in any other form of learning". [Hir02] Summarized the limitations of Sutherland's theory as follows: i. The ... settings. Since crime rates in a social setting are a summary of the frequency of individual delinquent behaviors, they are determined by the fraction of individual...
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