Learning to OffendSutherland and Akers: offending is learned, like any other behaviour.Criminal JusticeTwo related traditions, one mechanism.Differential associationCriminal behaviour is learned, not inheritedLearned mainly in close personal groupsIncludes techniques and justificationsDefinitions favourable to law-breaking build upFrequency, duration and intensity matterSocial learning additionsReinforcement shapes what gets repeatedImitation of models, near and distantApplies to conforming behaviour tooBest supported for peer-linked offendingPeer similarity may be selection, not influenceEducational reference. Separating peer influence from peer selectionneeds longitudinal or experimental design.Learning to Offendlearnposters.com
Learning to Offend — printable law & society wall chart from LearnPosters. Free vector PDF, US Letter and A4.

What’s on the Learning to Offend poster

10 entries in 2 groups.

Two related traditions, one mechanism.

Educational reference. Separating peer influence from peer selection needs longitudinal or experimental design.

Questions about the Learning to Offend poster

What’s on the Learning to Offend poster?
10 entries in 2 groups. Two related traditions, one mechanism. Differential association: Criminal behaviour is learned, not inherited, Learned mainl…; Social learning additions: Reinforcement shapes what gets repeated, Imitation of mode…. Educational reference. Separating peer influence from peer selection needs longitudinal or experimental design.
Who is the Learning to Offend poster for?
Learning to Offend belongs to the Criminal Justice section rather than to a school year, because law & society is not something one grade owns. Anyone learning criminological theory can pin it up — a beginner, a student mid-course, or someone revising years later.
When should you use the Learning to Offend poster?
Use it when explaining peer influence without treating peers as an automatic cause. A wall chart earns its place by being glanceable from where the work is happening, so Learning to Offend belongs on the wall where that law & society work actually happens, within glancing distance, rather than filed away.
What other posters go with Learning to Offend?
Crimes of the Powerful, The Classical School and Control Theories sit alongside Learning to Offend in the Criminal Justice section. Printed together they make a wall rather than a single sheet, which is how a reference set actually gets used.Crimes of the PowerfulThe Classical SchoolControl Theories
Is the Learning to Offend poster free to download and print?
Yes. Learning to Offend downloads as a free PDF with no account, no email and no watermark, like everything else in the Criminal Justice section. Print as many copies as you like for a home, a classroom, a library or a tutoring group; reselling the file is the only thing the licence rules out.Read the licence
What size does the Learning to Offend poster print at?
Learning to Offend is a vector PDF laid out for US Letter, and prints on A4 with Fit to page — the same file, no separate download. Because every mark on it is drawn rather than photographed, it stays sharp enlarged to A3, A2 or A1 at a copy shop. Colour carries emphasis only, so a greyscale print of Learning to Offend loses nothing.Printing guide

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