Interactionist theories of crime
- Created by: jesskeayy
- Created on: 30-05-17 14:53
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- Interactionist theories of crime
- We change our actions based upon how we think others see us
- This prevents us becoming deviant, as we do not want to become stigmatised within society
- Many actions that we see as 'criminal' are based around societal expectations
- Nudity is legal in Germany yet illegal in britain
- Social factors depend on whether an action is deviant or not
- Nakedness is okay in the bathroom but not in the streets
- Killing people is acceptable in the war but not in peace times
- Alcohol abuse is accepted in western countries but is illegal in Saudi arabia
- GOFFMAN- LABELLING
- People that have a stigma against them will be treated differently in society- due to labelling
- i.e. people with mental illness may warn people through jokes about their illness, to prevent 'offending the normal'
- People that have a stigma against them will be treated differently in society- due to labelling
- BECKER- LABELLING & MASTER STATUS
- Social label becomes the defining characteristic of a person- seen as MASTER STATUS
- Person is labelled as deviant, person is socially rejected, they become more deviant, they then socialise with other deviants with the same status
- WILKINS- DEVIANT AMPLIFICATION
- Primary deviance, alienation, increased social reaction, deviant subculture, social reaction, increased deviance
- CRITICISMS
- Strength is that they recognise that deviance is a social interaction. Lots of things happen before a person is deemed 'deviant'
- Believe that statistics are a social creation, made o back up reasons for laws etc
- LEA & YOUNG- criticise for looking at only labelling, rather than social factors i.e. young or the poor
- Does not explain why some people are more likely to be labelled- i.e. poor/ ethnic minorities
- Overlooks significance of social structure when looking into why people commit crime
- We change our actions based upon how we think others see us
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