Question

Edward sutherland used the term _____ to indicate that people who associate with some groups learn an excess of definitions of deviance, increasing the likelihood that they will become deviant. control theory labeling theory shaming differential association

Answer 1

The correct answer is differential association.
This theory, proposed by Edward Sutherland, deals with how people learn to become deviant. According to him, through our associations with other deviant people, we pick up some of their habits and develop criminal thoughts and actions ourselves. It has to do with the influence people around us have, which can obviously be either positive or negative, based on the people we surround ourselves with.