Interactionism

Question 1

What is the core belief of the interactionist crime theory?

Answer 1

the idea that most people commit criminal or deviant acts but only a small number are caught, interactionists are more interested in why people commit these crimes rather than the differences between them

Question 2

What did Becker (1963) argue about deviant behaviour?

Answer 2

Deviant behaviour is only deviant through labels, breaking a rule doesnt necessarily mean you will be labelled as deviance unless somebody has a vested interest in these rules. labelling is followed by consequences

Question 3

Which sociologist researched responses to accusations of publicly admitting incest on a small island community?

Answer 3

Malinowski (1982)

Question 4

What did Lemert (1972) identify as difference beweem Primary and Secondary deviance?

Answer 4

primary is committed by the perpetrator, secondary is the reaction. e.g. Inuits who have stutters partially due to speech defects and partially due to external pressures to speak more fluently