Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)

1. Sutherland believed people could imitate others and learn how to commit crime.
2. Individuals are passive actors in the process that takes place when they receive stimuli and respond.
3. Sutherland noted that a person becomes delinquent because of an excess of definitions favorable to violation of law over definitions unfavorable to violation of law.
4. There is allowance for free will and rational decision making in Sutherland’s differential association theory.
5. Social process theories assume that criminal behavior is inherent and born in individuals.


1. True
2. False
3. True
4. True
5. True

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