CMY3701_ ESSAY EXAM PREPARARIONS 2021.

CMY3701_ ESSAY EXAM PREPARARIONS 2021. CMY3701 - The Explanation Of Crime. "Acquiring the disposition needed to commit crime is more important than learning the techniques used in committing crime" Analyse this statement in terms of Sutherland's nine propositions (30) Refer: CMY3701 Study Guide, pp. 98-102 Summary: •According to Sutherland the criminal behaviour was learned through social interactions , In order to describe this learning process , he developed the concept of differential association . There are 9 propositions which have been set in accordance to the fundamental principles association which explained the process whereby a person becomes involved in crime E.Joubert (2014:98-102). Proposition 1 : Criminal behaviour is learnt  The different association argument is that all forms of behaviour , criminal behaviour is learnt through interaction with other people , this eliminates the roles of heredity , human nature and innovation as a causation of deviant behaviour , these individuals may derive from well stable homes, whereby the social norms and values are accepted and also followed , but the behaviour that is learnt from deviant friends has an overall influence on the individual (Joubert 2014:98) . Proposition 2: The criminal behaviour is learned when the individual interact with the significant others through the process of communication . Proposition 3: The learning process occurs mainly within intimate personal groups .  In accordance to the proposition two and three its states that the criminal behaviour is learned through active involvement with the significant others in a process of communication ,the parents have influence in the process of education whereby the language, habits and customs are acquired is accepted as a given . When the child becomes older the behaviour is initially shaped by the parents comes increasingly under the influence of peers, and that is why the parents are usually concerned about their children’s choice of friends. According to Sutherland’s theory, the influence of media on the learning process is regarded as minimal. Proposition 4: During the process whereby the criminal behaviour is learnt it’s entails the following: • The learning the techniques which are required to commit a specific crimes (which may be simple or complex) • The availability of the necessary motives and the driving force, rationalisation and the attitude. Proposition 5: The specified direction which is behind the motives and drive is learnt from the definitions of the legal codes as favourable or unfavourable .The determinants are dominance of either the criminal or conventional influences in the person’s as whether that particular person will regard crime as an acceptable way of life . The definition that is favourable or unfavourable for instance towards breaking the law its makes provision of the key to different associations because this definition acts as an determinant of an individual’s values or mind set . Even within the parental home , children are able to learn definitions that favours breaking the law for instance are the parents continuously or regularly committing traffic violations and also returning from work with office supplies such as paper and pens or even discussing any possible means of evading tax.