DIFFERENTIAL ASSOCIATION (FROM CRIME AND DELINQUENCY, A READER, 1970 BY CARL A BERSANI - SEE NCJ-06248)

• NCJ Number: 10203
• Author(s): E H SUTHERLAND; D R CRESSEY
• Date Published: 1966
• Length: 5 pages
• Corporate Author: Macmillan
• Publication Format: Document
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America
• Note: REPRINTED FROM PRINCIPLES OF CRIMINOLOGY, 7TH ED, BY E H SUTHERLAND & D R CRESSEY, LIPPINCOTT, 1966

Annotation

SOCIOLOGICAL THEORY CONCERNING THE PROCESS BY WHICH A PARTICULAR PERSON COMES TO ENGAGE IN CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR.

Abstract

THIS THEORY STATES THAT 'A CRIMINAL ACT OCCURS WHEN A SITUATION APPROPRIATE FOR IT, AS DEFINED BY THE PERSON, IS PRESENT. THE DIFFERENTIAL ASSOCIATION STATEMENT IS A PRINCIPLE OF NORMATIVE CONFLICT WHICH PROPOSES THAT HIGH CRIME RATES OCCUR IN SOCIETIES AND GROUPS CHARACTERIZED BY CONDITIONS THAT LEAD TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF EXTENSIVE CRIMINALISTIC SUBCULTURES.' (AUTHOR ABSTRACT MODIFIED)