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A Differential Association-Reinforcement Theory of Criminal Behavior

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  • In Ronald L. Akers

    Burgess and published as “A Differential Association-Reinforcement Theory of Criminal Behavior” (1966), drew upon earlier work by the American criminologist Edwin Sutherland and the American psychologist B.F. Skinner. On the basis of Sutherland’s differential theory of crime (according to which criminal acts are most likely to occur in social…

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