RT Article
T1 The attitudes and actions of others: Tutelage and Sutherland's theory of differential association
JF The British journal of criminology
VO 36
IS 1
SP 135
OP 147
A1 McCarthy, William 1958-
LA English
YR 1996
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1639657134
AB Contemporary studies of Sutherland's differential association theory argue that people learn about crime predominantly or exclusively through exposure to attitudes and motives that legitimize such behaviours. I suggest that Sutherland's writings demonstrate an equal concern with more direct exposure to crime; that is, with tutelage in criminal methods. I test this interpretation with models of drug selling and theft among a sample of homeless youths. In both cases, models that include deviant associations, attitudes, and desires improve with the addition of a measure of tutelage. Disregarding the role of tutelage may, therefore, mis-specify the differential association process and encourage misinterpretations of findings that correspond with Sutherland's theory
K1 Jugendliche
K1 Differentielle Assoziation
K1 Drogenkonsum
K1 Mädchendelinquenz
K1 Täterbefragungen
K1 Gleichaltrigengruppe
K1 Kanada
K1 Kriminalität