Interactionism & Labelling Flashcards
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What do interactionists argue?
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People don’t become criminals because of their social backgrounds but rather because of labelling by authorities. So they see crime as the product of micro level interactions between certain individuals and the police rather than the result of external social forces such as socialisation or blocked opportunity structures.
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How does crime happen according to interactionists?
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Agents of social control label the powerless as deviant and criminal based on stereotypical assumptions, creating affects such as the self fulfilling prophecy and deviance amplification.
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