Labelling Theory


	Theory	Strengths
	Emerged from the work of TANNENBAUM Uses ideas from symbolic interactionism LEMERT The individuals with the social reaction are important The deviant response because the master status Primary deviance - where no one is labelled Secondary deviance - when you are caught and labelled BECKER There are groups of moral entrepreneurs who create the rules The label creates then deviance not the action MERTON Being labelled and treated as a deviant makes the individual more likely to become one - self fulfilling prophecy Deviancy amplification can occur due to inaccurate reporting
	Keywords and References	Weaknesses
	Master status Secondary deviance Primary deviance Moral entreprenuers Self fulfilling prophecy Deviancy amplification Moral panic Folk devils NEWBURN, T. (2013) Criminology. 2nd Ed. Oxon: Routledge.	Not all labelling results in further deviance Can deviance and crime still occur even without the label?

Emerged from the work of TANNENBAUM
Uses ideas from symbolic interactionism
LEMERT
The individuals with the social reaction are important
The deviant response because the master status
Primary deviance - where no one is labelled
Secondary deviance - when you are caught and labelled
BECKER
There are groups of moral entrepreneurs who create the rules
The label creates then deviance not the action
MERTON
Being labelled and treated as a deviant makes the individual more likely to become one - self fulfilling prophecy
Deviancy amplification can occur due to inaccurate reporting

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