1.2 Understanding Deviance: Reaction not Cause
1.2 Labelling theory
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- Understanding Deviance: Reaction not Cause
- Becker:
- deviancy is not a quality of the act a person commits but a consequence of the applications by others of rules to an offender
- deviant behaviour holds to the label
- argues just because someone breaks a rule, others may not define it as deviant
- someone has to enforce the rules or draw attention to them as they have an interest in the issue
- if someone is successfully labelled, consequences follow
- Malinowski describes how a youth killed himself because he was publicly accused of incest
- turned out it was common on the island
- but if an affair became public and obvious, the islanders reacted with abuse
- turned out it was common on the island
- not everyone who commits an offence is punished for it
- the interactions with agencies of social control
- their appearance, background and personal biography
- the situation and circumstances of the offence
- Becker:
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