Richard Ramirez : Social Learning Theory To A Serial Killer

High crime rates are an ongoing issue through the United States, however the motivation and the cause of crime has yet to be entirely identified. Ronald Akers would say that criminality is a behavior that is learned based on what an individual sees and observes others doing. When an individual commits a crime, he or she is acting on impulse based on actions that they have seen others engage in. Initially during childhood, individuals learn actions and behavior by watching and listening to others, and out of impulse they mimic the behavior that is observed. Theorist Ronald Akers extended Sutherland’s differential association theory with a modern viewpoint known as the social learning theory. The social learning theory states that

According to learning theories, social learning theory is the view that people learn by observing others (CHEGG). The social learning theory shapes behaviors and attitudes, in ways that promote law breaking criminal activity. Social learning theory is associated with the work of Albert Bandura. Albert Bandura believed that

as a general concept, social learning theory has been applied to the many different fields of social science to explain why certain individuals develop motivation to commit (or abstain from) crime and develop the skills to commit crime through the people they associate with. Social Learning Theory (SLT) is one of the most frequently looked at theories in the criminology field. This theory was introduced by Ronald L. Akers as a reformulation of Edwin H. Sutherland 's (1947) differential association theory of crime meld with principles of behavior psychology (Bradshaw, 2011). Akers retained the concepts of differential association and definitions from Sutherland 's theory, but conceptualized them in more behavioral terms and

Edwin Sutherland’s Social Learning Theory of Crime is crime learned throughout social interaction with antisocial peers. This theory demonstrates the individuals demeanor that emulates society’s cultural and sub cultural values consisting of methods for executing crime - intentions, ambitions, justifications, or perspectives. A behavioral approach to studying sexual assault begins with the hypothesis that sexual aggression is educated. Theorists stress the importance of attitudes that rationalize or validate rape. Rape is produced by differences in the way women and men are sexually socialized, which implies that if women were socialized like men, they would

Aker wants people to develop motivation to commit crime, and the skills to commit crime through the people they associate with. The social learning is that when people learn bad behavior by watching others and learning from the social factors in their daily lives. They also see with differential association and imitation can be either positive or negative. On the positive side we see when people are rewarded for their action we began to see more crime occur. Though on the negative side we see can still see a lot of crime occur, but when they know what the consequences are for the crime they are less likely to do it again, or even commit a crime. Though the social learning theory gives us four central concepts. They are differential association,

Human behaviors are learned emotion through interaction with each other. A child’s brain is like a sponge. It absorbs the behavior of its surroundings. Serial killer’s treatment and view of other people is a learned behavior through interaction with others in society. The Bobo doll experiment conducted by Albert Bandura in 1961-1963 at Stanford University shows how children’s behavior depends on adults that are around them. In the experiment, adults acted aggressively to the Bobo doll and the study was on how the children will react to it after they saw the adults’ interaction with the doll. Bandura conducted the experiment on two models where one of the models contained children exposed to the aggressive act performed by the adult on the Bobo doll. The other model contained children who saw adults act in a pleasant way to the doll. The result of this experiment showed that children exposed to the aggressive model were more likely to act physically aggressive than those who were not (McLeod). This study proved the social learning theory which basically states that children learn behaviors from

But, as the years passed he gained new skills to become a better criminal. Manuel has an estimation of 20 years that has been with bad influences of drug trafficking. Manuel stated that all of the things he have learned was by interaction and observing others. This is an example of social learning theory, according to the book Crime and Behavior, there are 9 propositions under the social learning theory, “criminal behavior is learned by interacting with others, especially, intimate others” (Valenzuela, Kaplan, Henry p.85-86). Manuel also practiced imitation, which is under the dimensions of Aker’s social learning theory. “Imitation occurs when an individual engages in a behavior that is modeled on or follows his or her observation of another individual’s behavior” (Valenzuela, Kaplan, Henry p.95). This quote enforces Manuel’s experiences he wanted to imitate other powerful people that were part of the group he joined. He wanted to be more powerful and gain more money. Which led Manuel to imitate other person that require him to not follow the law, which the main focus was selling and distributing

It is known that crime is caused through imitation, arousal and desensitising. The social Learning theory (2009), looks at how people engage in crime due to their associations. It explains that a person’s behaviour is a product of the people who surround ourselves – people imitate those who people admire. Theorist Bandura (1997) had completed an experiment in which looked at

The late 1970s albert Bandura developed a social learning theory which supports that aggression learned from watching other people as they receive rewards for aggressive behavior. Bandura's social learning theory applies to serial murders because of the principles of the theory that state children learn aggressive behavior through observing family, role models, parents and abused or spouses teach their children to be abusive. In relating social learning theory to Richard, one must look at his history. Richard grow up with a father and a mother that we know and have a violent temper clearly, he learned general violent to miss father and being numb to abuse by his mother. Pairing these behaviours with with the bullying he recived as a child a killer begins to emerge. Abandoned by his abusive father Richard began to kill anyone who reminded him of if is father.he was adopted by the mafia who rewarded him for his murders .the ice man was created.Any child would drastically be affected by those circumstances which we're seeing in Richard's case. His other brother also took a 13 year-old girl where he raped and killed her he is serving a life sentence. Obviously Richard was not the only one in the family affected by the troubled youth years of abuse and

Serial killers are usually made because of a significant event/events that may have happened during their childhood. Albert DeSalvo may be one of those serial killers. He grew up in an abusive household. He was taught at an early age about sex and physical abuse. This behavior demonstrates the characteristics of the social learning theory. This paper will go into great detail on Albert DeSalvo’s family background and the crimes that he committed in his lifetime, give a brief description of social learning theory, discuss differential association, and show how Albert DeSalvo and the social learning theory are related.

Social learning theory refers to Akers’ theory of crime and deviance. Akers attempted to specify the mechanism and processes through which criminal learning takes place by explaining crime and deviance; he did this in such a way that the likelihood of conforming or deviant behavior based on the influence of an individual’s history of learning was accounted for. This theory was based off Sutherland’s differential association

This paper will be going over social learning theory and how it affects juveniles and its relation to Juvenal delinquency. Social learning theory states that learning social behaviors happens through observation and learning from others. This paper will be explaining how family, friends, and socialization affect the child's behaviors in relation to juvenile delinquency. Also going over the strengths and weaknesses of the social learning theory.

Over the last few weeks in this courses readings, there were many theories discussed. One theory that was related to this week’s readings, “The Making of A Sniper: Is Anyone To Blame” was social learning theory. This was the theory best describing Malvo criminal and delinquent behaviors. A type of social learning theory, Differential Identification. “In this view, people commit criminal or delinquent acts if they believe that it will lead to acceptance by and approval of these important people in their lives” (Adler, Mueller, & Laufer, 2012). In the article, “The Making Of A Sniper: Is Anyone To Blame”, we were able to see how Malvo was seeking the father figure and approval to fill the needed void he had in his personal life. We were also

Gabriel Tarde rejected the previous theories that were used to describe crime causation, such as Lombroso's idea that a person is born a criminal because they possesses certain physical characteristics. Tarde also did not believe psychologically factors were the primary cause behind criminal behavior. Instead, Tarde believed that criminal behavior is something normal people learn through their social interactions with other individuals as well as through the environment in which they interact. As our book states, "Tarde viewed all social phenomena as the product of imitation. Through imitation or modeling, a person can learn new responses, such as criminal behavior, by observing others, without performing any overt act or receiving direct reinforcement

One of the schools that we study in this book was the Positive School. Within the Positive School we have many theories. In this specific case we would discuss the cognitive theory which would lead to the learning theory in order to explain how the theories explain the criminal actions of Mr. Fresen. The Cognitive Theory proposes by Glenn Walters and Thomas White, describe how the social and the environmental conditions serve to limit individual options rather than determine behavior (Williams, 39). On other words, the social and the environmental factors would predict the pattern behavior in the individual for later criminal activities. Base on Walter and White point of view, criminals such as Erik Fresen who are considered lifestyle criminals are characterized by irresponsibility, self-indulgence, interpersonal intrusiveness, and social rule breaking (Williams,39). In the case of Fresen, the theory implied that in his adolescent years he had little conception of responsibility and self-discipline letting to a pattern of failures that lead to that