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Ronald L. Akers

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American criminologist and professor emeritus at the University of Florida who developed social learning theory of crime, building on Robert Burgess and Edwin Sutherland to explain criminal behavior as learned through association, imitation and differential reinforcement.

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Birth YearSourced to the subject's own account
1939 1
Death YearSourced to the subject's own account
2024 1
NationalitySourced to the subject's own account
American 1
Defining ContributionSourced to the subject's own account
Developed social learning theory of crime with Robert Burgess (1966), refined solo from 1973. 1
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1. Wikipedia: Ronald Akers
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Ronald Louis Akers was an American criminologist and professor emeritus of criminology and law at the University of Florida's College of Liberal Arts and Sciences.
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SAGE Encyclopedia of Criminological Theory: Social Learning Theory
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