Agnew 6E Learning Objectives 07

After reading this chapter, students should be able to:

1. Use social learning theory to explain why juveniles engage in delinquency.

2. Describe the mechanisms by which individuals learn to engage in delinquency.

3. Discuss how reinforcements and punishments encourage and/or discourage delinquent behaviors.

4. Explain the differences between negative and positive reinforcement and negative and positive punishment.

5. Describe the types of beliefs conducive to delinquency.

6. Identify the conditions under which individuals are most likely to imitate a model.