Labelling theory of crime
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- Created on: 08-04-18 16:38
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- Labelling theory of crime
- Interactionist
- Deviant people are not different from anybody else
- Becker - the same behaviour get different reactions depending on the situation.
- Acts therefore are not intrinsically deviant
- the reaction of those around you make someone realise an act is deviant
- Deviance varies over time and place because its socially constructed.
- Lemert
- primary and secondary deviance.
- Most people commit acts of primary deviance but it is of little significance.
- When there is a social reaction to an act the individual is labelled as deviant
- When an individual feels the weight of a label they sometimes commit more deviant acts.
- Future behaviour
- Becker - deviant career.
- Becker - the same behaviour get different reactions depending on the situation.
- Acts therefore are not intrinsically deviant
- the reaction of those around you make someone realise an act is deviant
- Becker - the same behaviour get different reactions depending on the situation.
- Jock Young - drug users developed a deviant self concept, which became their master status, society responded negatively and their drug taking increased.
- Braithwaite - negative labelling depends on how the label is applied.
- Disintergrative shaming - labels both the act and the person as deviant which causes social exclusion
- Reintergrative shaming - only the crime is labelled as deviant so the person has a chance to rejoin society.
- Becker - deviant career.
- Interactionist
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