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Describe some of the major influences on Sutherland as he developed his theory of crime.
 
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Briefly discuss the three different trends in the treatment of differential association by later theorists building on Sutherlands work.
 
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Answer to Question 1

Answer: key points to be made
Availability of UCR Reports
Great Depression
Experiences working with Bureau of Social Hygiene
Work of the Chicago School Theorists (Symbolic Interactionism, Cultural Transmission Theory Social Ecology)
Methods using life history, case history
Strong religious values of minister father growing up in rural MidWest

Answer to Question 2

Answers will vary but may include
 Dan Glaser  differential identification (from symbolic interactionism) explains how the stronger ones identification with another the more likely to adopt values, not necessarily intimate others
 Donald Cressey  symbolic interaction & role theory to explain how rationalizations & verbalizations motivate behavior (vocabulary of motives)
Jeffery, Burgess & Akers all used more social learning components with psychological processing/reinforcements to explain nature of associations and definitions




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