Deviance amplification Flashcards
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Deviance amplification spiral
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Describes a process in which attempts to control deviance leads to an increase in the level of deviance
2
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Braithwaite
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Disintegrative and reintegrative shaming
3
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Disintegrative shaming
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Not only the crime but the criminal is labelled
4
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Reintegrative shaming
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Labels the act but not the actor - ‘he has done a bad thing’ rather than ‘he is a bad person’
