Learning theories- crime behavior learned through social modeling (watching parents or peers)
- Select one of the theories (LEARNING THEORY) to investigate further and find a recent research article (2005 or newer) on the topic.
- Summarize the article, including discussion of the research question and their study’s methods (in other words- what did they study? How did they go about studying it?)
- Review the conclusions to address the question- what do the researchers suggest is the cause of criminal behavior in this study?
- Evaluate their conclusions (do you agree or disagree with their conclusions based on the results?).
- Finally, relate their findings to one of the ‘big’ questions for this course: How would one use this study to reduce/ eliminate crime? (Or how do the authors suggest their results can be used to improve policy on crime?).
