Other factors may include " increased exposure to peers involved in antisocial behavior, as well as effects on school performance and completion and student attitudes toward differential association theory.
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Definitions refer to an " individual's own value and belief system about what is and is not acceptable behavior . " These values are learned and reinforced through differential association.
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Differential association theory, originally formulated by Edwin Sutherland, is a popular, related theoretical explanation of criminal behaviour that applies learning theory concepts and asserts that deviant behaviour is learned behaviour.
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The idea of such techniques was first postulated by David Matza ( born May 1, 1930 ) and Gresham Sykes ( born 1922 ) during their work on Edwin Sutherland s Differential Association in the 1950s.
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The greater the priority, intensity, duration, and frequency of the differential association the greater the effect on behavior, so the theory in relation to terrorism is that the stronger someone's connection is towards a terrorist organization the better chance that person has of also exhibiting terroristic behaviors.
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The first learning mechanism is differential association, which refers to " direct association and interaction with others who engage in certain kinds of behaviors or express norms, values, and attitudes supportive of such behavior, as well as indirect association and identification with more distant reference groups . " The groups that an individual are differentially associated with provides the context in which the social learning is operated.
