Social Learning Theory Of Crime

A crime of passion is like it sounds, a crime that is not premeditated;These crimes are usually caused by the sudden rage, anger and the crazy animal instinct that is in humans. This impulse is so sudden that many people don’t even have time to realize what they have done to the person they love.
Crimes of passion are very unheard of. This is a crime that is predominantly shocking to hear. These crimes are particularly shocking because people claim to be in love with their partner and someone who is in love would never in their right mind hurt or kill someone they love. Take this for a scenario: you are tired after a long day at work and you come to your house to hear some strange noise in your bedroom. You find that your husband is
Many have asked this question throughout the years but we know that in order for social learning theory to take place a few characteristics must be in place. The main idea of this theory states that people develop a motivation to commit a crime and that the skills are learned through the people they associate with. Social learning theory suggests that “criminal behavior is learned through interaction with other persons.” (Cullen et al, pg 127) This theory says that people engage in criminal behavior the same way that they learn to engage in all sorts of other behaviors in society. The theory also suggests that people communicate about crime and this is a conversation that occurs prior to the crime. Logically this doesn’t make sense in a crime of passion, simply because this is not something that people can foresee in the future and know that their partners, would cheat on them or do something that will blind them with anger making it into a crime of passion. It also says that friends and families play a huge role in this learning theory because these interactions are learned. Akers Social learning theory suggest that people observe the behavior and then try to imitate the crimes, it also says that the learning of crimes include the “techniques of committing the crime” and the “specific direction of motives, drives and the attitudes about the crime.” (Cullen et al p.
These crimes are unexpected and based on the rage, anger and crazy instinct that one has as we discover that our loved one is in bed cheating with another person that is not us. The world crashed into a frustration we get are blinded by anger and we are not in the right state of mind. When this happens there is no thinking, no second thought, and no premeditating. Learning theory suggest that people communicate about the crime beforehand that there is some sort of communication on how to commit the crime, what techniques are best etc.. but in regards to crimes of passion this is no the case. As the author of Crimes of Passion explains rage can sometimes lead to reckless situations; rage then turns into irrational actions that bring irrational thoughts, “controlled by the emotions of rage, forgetting that there are rational actions that can be done in such situations. These crimes are “spontaneous, very unpredictable, and occur in response to a sudden emotional, devastating trauma to many.” ( Van den Haag et Al p. 232