Social explanations for crime

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What are the three key words that you should associate with labelling theory?
Prejudice, stigma and social-identity
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What are the two types of labelling?
Retrospective and Projective
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What is the name of the experimenter that looked at convicted parents and their children?
Besamer
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What type of study was the Cambridge one used for labelling theories?
Longitudinal study
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How many participants (and what gender) were in this Cambridge study used by Besamer?
411 male participants
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Was there a link between the child's likelihood of being convicted and their parents being convicted?
Yes- however could be due to official bias
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Who carried out the test for gender and labelling?
Carlen
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How many female participants were used in Carlen's study?
39 females who had been convicted
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Who said that men commit more crime and are more likely to have anti-social personality disorder?
Heidensohn
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What is the first step in self-fulfilling prophecy?
Labelling
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What is the second step in self-fulfilling prophecy?
New behaviour
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What is the third step in self-fulfilling prophecy?
Positive feedback
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What is the final step in self-fulfilling prophecy?
Label becomes true
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Can self-fulfilling prophecy be both negative and positive?
Yes
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Who conducted the study into the Ghanaian tribe and their naming system?
Jahoda
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What is the name of the Ghanaian tribe?
Ashanti
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What records were used for the Ghanaian study?
Court records
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Was the Ghanaian study replicated?
No
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Why were extraneous variables not a problem in the Ghanaian study?
Because the conclusions were so strong
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Did Jahoda look at both genders in his study?
Only boys
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