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-  Crime is a learned behavior through communication through intimate personal groups 
- Legal codes provide motives
- Learning crime is like any other type of learning
- Crime is an expression of needs and values but its not explained by those general needs and values 

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- Interactions between individuals creates crime as a result of learned behaviors

Social Process Theories Definition

Schmalleger, F. (2014). Criminology (The Justice Series). Criminology (2nd ed.). Pearson. https://archive.org/details/criminology0000schm. 

Criminology (The Justice Series)

Differnetial Association

- Environment and personality prevent people from committing crimes

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