Crime and Deviance

Topic 2- Labelling Theory

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moral entrepreneurs are people who lead a moral crusade to change the law
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Who are more likely to be labelled?
Minority Ethnic Groups
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What is the labelling theory derived from?
Interactionism
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What did Platt argue?
Victorian moral entrepreneurs helped to esablish 'juveniles' as a seperate catagory of offender
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Who said "A deviant is simply someone to whomb the label has been successfully applied, and deviant behaviour is simply behaviour that people label"?
Becker
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What is the methods link for Labelling Theory?
Observation
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