Interactionism and Labelling theory Flashcards
Becker
something only becomes defiant when it is labelled to be so.
Cicourel
typification- officers stereotypes of what the typical delinquent is like- eg w/c, black.
they go to where those types live, leads to an increase in arrest, more chance to see crime
Cicourel
justice is negotiable- m/c less likely to be charged, don’t fit stereotype and parent can use system to get them free- seem sorry eg.
Lemert- master status
master status- become labelled due to a crime, becomes their identity. Person loses their identity, becomes what the world seems them as, leads to self fulfilling prophecy.
Deviant career- secondary deviance, society wont help them, so join deviant subcultures.
Young- hippies
hippies used weed, but began to get arrested, so retreated to subcultures, began to rebel, new drugs, wear different clothes
deviance amplification spiral
attempts to control deviance increases deviance, this leads to more attempt to control which then increase deviance.
Cohen- folk devil and moral panics
media lie, call for crackdown on youths, police arrest more, shows truth in the moral panic, so more cries for crackdown, mods and rockers then start to be more deviant.
Braithwaite
Disintegrative shaming- crime and the criminal are labelled as bad, offender excluded from society.
Reintegrative shaming- labels the act bad not the actor.
Douglas - meaning of suicide
using official statistics simply tells us about who constructed the stats. family upset they didn’t stop it so say it wasn’t suicide. Stats can’t tell us why they did it.
Rosenahns
researches said they heard voices, diagnosed with schizophrenia, even though they acted normally still treated as ill.
Goffman’s - asylum
once in hospital your old identity is killed, get a new one as an- inmate. Do this by taking your old personal things away, most people become institutionalised, accepting the new identity - some resist.
