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Social Learning Theory and Rational Crime Theory: The Nigerian Lens

Introduction: Not all individuals have the capacity to think rationally but all individuals learn one way or the other. As the saying goes “common sense is not common”. Cognition is the way people think and how this people think; cognition has processes through which it operates. These processes affect the way people view and make sense of the world around them. This includes interpretation of the world, interaction with other people and their reaction to the environmental situations, (Wright, 2013). Its role in criminal-behaviour will explain how the cognitive-processes affect thinking of cri…