Which View States That Becoming a Criminal Is a Learning

question 48

Multiple Choice

Which view states that becoming a criminal is a learning process in which potential delinquents master skills that enable them to counterbalance conventional values and drift back and forth between illegitimate and conventional behavior?

• A) social reaction theory
• B) differential association theory
• C) differential reinforcement theory
• D) neutralization theory

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Definitions:

Price Discrimination

A pricing strategy where a company charges different prices to different groups of customers for the same product or service, based on factors other than production costs.

Producer Surplus

The difference between the amount producers are willing to accept for a good or service and the actual amount they receive in the market.

Price Discrimination

The strategy of selling the same product at different prices to different groups of consumers, based on their willingness or ability to pay.

Perfect Competition

A market structure where many companies sell products that are identical to each other and no single firm can influence the market price.