Social Process-based theories on crime

Article

100

What type of crime is the article about?

Gang violence/murder

200

What is the context of the crime?

2009 Vancouver Gang War

300

Name one gang/group involved in the crime

1. UN Gang

2. Red Scorpion Gang

3. Bacon Brothers

400

What were the underlying motivations for the crime?

Drug/turf war and Leclair switching sides

Social process-based learning

100

Are kids who are physically punished more likely to be aggressive?

Yes

200

What genre of media has been blamed the most for causing violence?

Video games and television

300

Aside from focusing on the individual, what factors do criminologists look at to understand why crime occurs?

Their social environment, their community, their parents

400

Explain the experiment the Bobo doll experiment?

Children who were shown a film of someone hitting the doll were more aggressive than the children who watched a non violent film

Differential Association

100

What type of crimes does differential association influence?

All types of crime, big or small

200

Are all criminal acts the result of learned behavior?

No, it is unlikely

300

Who proposed the theory of differential association?

Edwin Sutherland

400

Explain the theory of differential association.

Criminal behavior is a learned and acquired behavior based on the environment around them.

Case Analysis

100

What types of crimes do teenage gang members generally commit?

Theft, vandalism, drug dealing

200

Children/teens that join gangs are looking for...

1. Stability

2. Family

3. Comfort

4. Companionship

300

Name three types of crimes adult members of gangs commit

Murder, extortion, trafficking, drug dealing, money laundering, assault, fraud

400

What is an indicator that someone is more likely to become involved or stay in a gang?

Family members are in/involved in the gang