Evaluations: Symbolic Interactionism and Labelling Flashcards

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Tierney (2010)

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traditional accounts can only explain secondary deviance, usually tell us who is likely to get caught and labelled and processed by CJS.

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Origins of deviance?

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Cannot explain the origins of primary deviance, focus is on explaining secondary deviance (after labelling has occurred)
Does not explain initial engagement in deviance

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Deviant as passive?

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Considers deviant as passive recipient of deviant labels - deterministic, does not emphasis why the individual chooses deviance (developed in new-Marxist theory eg Phil Cohen symbolic resistance)

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Deviant as victim?

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Criticism from the political right - perceives of deviant as victim; not given agency an thus not responsible, seen as victim of labelling processes

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Inconsistency in considering deviance?

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Notion of a secret deviant (Becker) suggests that unlabelled deviance is possible - internally contradictory
Also is some hard deviance (eg murder) not universally labelled? Some behaviors may be inherently deviant

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Social structure and power differentials?

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Though examines power differentials, does not explore origins of these structural differentials
Not radical enough for some theorists (contemporary Marxists especially - they adapt it eg Phil Cohen)

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