Question

When Edgar was 12, his family moved to a new neighborhood, where he made new friends on his block. Edgar's new friends liked to meet up after school and go to an abandoned building in the neighborhood, where they broke bottles, made holes in the walls, and drew graffiti. Over time, Edgar became recognized among his friends as a talented graffiti artist and expanded his efforts to new areas, despite getting caught by the police twice. Sociologists might attribute Edgar's deviance to:________________.

Answer 1

The answer is differential association.

Step-by-step explanation:

Differential association is a theory which explains that criminal behaviour is learned through social interaction. For example, a person might learn about strategies for shoplifting, or might observe someone spraying a graffiti and imitate it.

This explanation for deviant behaviour does not take personality traits or biological predispositions into account.