Social interactionism evaluation
- Created by: alicegrieve
- Created on: 05-03-18 14:25
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- EVALUATION OF SOCIAL INTERACTIONISM
- CRITICISMS
- too deterministic - blames society, gives criminal a 'victim' status - freedom of choice not considered
- many people reject labels given to them - prisoner reform
- doesn't address women
- doesn't look at social factors - social interactionists aren't interested in causes of crime
- too micro- all case studies/ smaller scale research, doesn't use stats or address broader patterns & trends
- vast majority of crime is reported to police not detected by police
- STRENGTHS
- explains why WC people are more likely to be labelled as deviant
- looks at all types of crime (MC & WC)
- recidivism - rates of reoffending are exceptionally high (60% for 1st time offenders, 70% for multiple sentence offenders)
- there is a lot of evidence that labelling occurs (education system etc.) bt also that crime & deviance are social constructions - different laws across time/place
- many sociologists are also skeptical of official statistics
- CRITICISMS
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