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michelleunicorn · **on:** Jul 2, 2018

An estimated 41.3 million people in the United States had no health insurance in 2013, and children made up _____ million of the uninsured, according to DeNavas-Walt, Proctor, and Smith, 2013.

a. 7.5
b. 15.9
c. 19.3
d. 22.7

Question 2

Explain differential association theory, differential reinforcement theory, and rational choice theory.

What will be an ideal response?

Briannahope · **Reply #1 on:** Jul 2, 2018

Answer to Question 1

a

Answer to Question 2

According to sociologist Edwin Sutherland, people learn the necessary techniques and the motives, drives, rationalizations, and attitudes of deviant behavior from people with whom they associate.

Criminologist Ronald Aker has combined differential association theory with elements of psychological learning theory to create differential reinforcement theory, which suggests that both deviant behavior and conventional behavior are learned through the same social processes.

The rational choice theory of deviance states that deviant behavior occurs when a person weighs the costs and benefits of nonconventional or criminal behavior and determines that the benefits will outweigh the risks involved in such actions. Rational choice approaches suggest that most people who commit crimes do not engage in random acts of antisocial behavior. Instead, they make careful decisions based on weighing the available information regarding situational factors, such as the place of the crime, suitable targets, and the availability of people to deter the behavior, and personal factors, such as what rewards they may gain from their criminal behavior.