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  • Social Learning and Gender Differences in Violent Crimes

     

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Published: 16.07.2004.
Language: English
Level: Secondary school
Literature: n/a
References: Not used
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The Uniform Crime Report statistics suggest that males commit more violent crime than females. The UCR is used to show trends in crime over time (Federal Bureau of Investigation, 2002). The gender difference in violent offenses is illustrated through Social Learning Theory. To understand violent criminal behavior we must examine perceptual thoughts, expectancies, competencies and values. (Bartol, 2002) This paper discusses social roles, the influence of intact or broken homes, and the type of aggression learned. These factors are important when we look at violent crime. Awareness of social problems or antisocial behavior can help early intervention. The social learning theory implies that internal as well as external forces play a significant role in developing behavior. Social theory suggests that people are born with the same abilities and a blank slate waiting to be written on. Children are bombarded with many things that they must learn at a young age. Through this time and into adolescence there paradigms are continuously being shaped and changed. This is a critical time, and problems at this stage of development, can show up as violent crime later on. The difference in male and female violent crime is a highly correlated with social conditioning.…

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