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so accurate in their analysis and theories that their ideas have stood the test of time. One such theorist would be Edwin Sutherland and his theories on Differential Association. His
theories on corporate crime, and the criminal mind in general, are still quite relevant today. The Chicago School was comprised of some of Americas brightest scholars and philosophers, and included
Edwin Sutherland. They were a group of learned sociologists, psychologists and others, who studied the phenomenon of life during this time as it applied to any number of growing social
concerns. As such, the impact and theories developed about human development and growth, as well as the learning process were studied and researched. Never before had there been such a
concentrated effort among a group of individuals toward the same goals. One of the greatest impacts that would come from his time with the Chicago group would be the research
on how and why someone chose criminal activities. In hindsight had not this group existed in one place, dedicated to this one purpose, there might have been a considerably longer
period of time before the whole picture was revealed as regards criminology. One of the hallmarks of the Chicago School is that the focus was on the psychology of groups
and individuals within the group. Sutherland chose to focus on the individual and what it was in the persons own psychological make-up that allowed him or her to choose to
be deviant. If one could understand this motivation in the individual, then it could be applied to groups, reasoned Sutherland(Burgess 1966, see also Sutherland 1949). Eventually, he would conclude that
criminal behavior is the result of several contributing factors. The bottom line, however, was that criminal behavior is not innate (a person is not born bad) but that criminal behavior
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