How does Ronald Akers's social learning theory explain the influence of family, peers, and media?

Ronald Akers’s social learning theory posits that criminal behavior is learned through social interaction, drawing on Edwin Sutherland’s differential association and B.F. Skinner’s operant conditioning. Akers expanded these concepts to explain how individuals acquire and maintain deviant behavior through various social influences.12

• Family and Peers: Akers argued that most learning occurs through intimate social contacts, specifically within the family and peer groups. These groups serve as primary environments where individuals are exposed to definitions—or attitudes—that may cast criminal acts in a favorable light. Through these interactions, individuals learn behaviors via reinforcement (rewards and punishments) and social modeling.12
• Media: Incorporating Albert Bandura’s work on modeling, Akers extended his theory to include the influence of media, such as television and motion pictures. He suggested that individuals can acquire criminal behaviors by observing models in these mediums. While initial acquisition often occurs through such observation, Akers maintained that the continuation of these behaviors over time depends on the actual social and nonsocial consequences experienced by the individual.12