Compare And Contrast Two Theories Of Criminal Behaviour

Two different explanations that explains criminal behaviour is due to social factors or appearance. The first difference which explains criminal behaviour is a cultural explanation known as social learning theory, which consist of operant conditioning, classical conditioning, social learning theory and sociological learning theory. The theories propose a person's behaviour is learned and maintained by its consequences, or reward value. These consequences may be external reinforcement such as money or social status. The study by Bandura, Ross and Ross illustrates criminal behaviour could be due three factors which affect criminal behaviour. One being due to external reinforcement such as in operant theory; once behaviour is learned the behaviour