Interactionism theory

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Created on: 29-10-20 12:06

Interactionists

focus on the social construction of crime, an act only becomes deviant when labelled as such, through societal reaction.
not every deviant act or criminal is labelled, and labelling theory is selectively enforced against some groups. Some sociologists be

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Becker

The social construction of crime - a deviant is someone who the label has been successfully applied, and deviant behaviour is simply behaviour that people so label. Those who are labelled are labelled based on gender, class and ethnicity.

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Cicourel

Officers typifications (stereotypes) of the typical criminal lead to them concentrate on types of people that are more likely to offend - for instance, by patrolling working class areas.

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Lemert

Primary deviance - deviant acts that have not been publicly labelled as criminal.
Secondary deviance - deviant acts and individuals that are labelled. Once an individual has been labelled, people may only see him according to his master status (whereby a

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Braithwaite

Reintegrative shaming - punishes them in a way that strengthens their bonds with society.

Disintegrative shaming - punishment which isolates the individual and causes secondary deviance.

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Douglas

Rejects the use of official statistics when examining suicide. Whether a death is labelled as a suicide depends on the interactions and negotiations between social actors (doctors, the coroner, family). Statistics therefore tell us nothing about the meani

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