This chapter reviews the empirical research evidence on the validity of social learning theory
as an explanation of criminal and deviant behavior. It asserts that social learning theory can …

The dramatic increase in social media use has challenged traditional social structures and
shifted a great deal of interpersonal communication from the physical world to cyberspace …

OBJECTIVE: Due to the aging of the population, there is renewed focus on the public health
issues of middle-aged and older adults. One area of such focus is unhealthy drinking, and …

The social learning theory of crime integrates Edwin H. Sutherland's diff erential association
theory with behavioral learning theory. It is a widely accepted and applied approaches to …

In Criminological Theories, the noted criminologist Ronald Akers provides thorough
description, discussion, and appraisal of the leading theories of crime/delinquent behavior …

Social learning theory has remained one of the core criminological paradigms over the last
four decades. Although a large body of scholarship has emerged testing various …

The concept of differential association as it is expressed in Akers' social learning theory
primarily focuses on the importance of the interactions that persons have with others in their …

Like its predecessors, this Fifth Edition of The Practice of Research in Criminology and
Criminal Justice (by Ronet Bachman and Russell K. Schutt) provides complete coverage of …

A general social learning theory of deviance is applied to adolescent smoking as a form of
sustance use and tested with data from a 5-year longitudinal study of a panel (N= 454) of …

This article assesses empirically whether Gottfredson and Hirschi's “general theory” can
account for the “gender gap” in crime and, when rival theories are included in the analysis …