Interactionist Theories of Racism

Question 1

Which group of people in society do Interactionists believe will be labelled more by the police?

Answer 1

Ethnic minorities

Question 2

What did Cicourel find?

Answer 2

Police officers have a stereotypical view of a ‘typical delinquent’

Question 3

Give the full view of a ‘typical delinquent’ Cicourel found - CAGE and where they live

Answer 3

Working class young males from an ethnic minority who live in inner city areas

Question 4

What will police do if a person meets the typical delinquent criteria?

Answer 4

They will be stopped and searched

Question 5

Who created the concept of a negotiation of justice?

Answer 5

Cicourel

Question 6

Who does a negotiation of justice happen between?

Answer 6

Parents of the offender and the police

Question 7

Which social class and ethnicity of parents are most successful in negotiations of justice?

Answer 7

Middle class white parents

Question 8

What is the aim of a negotiation of justice?

Answer 8

To get a child out of being reported for a crime

Question 9

What would other sociologists argue about labelling causing crime and deviance?

Answer 9

It does not cause crime and deviance

Question 10

Who did Fuller study?

Answer 10

A group of black schoolgirls

Question 11

How were 2 ways the girls in Fuller’s study labelled by teachers?

Answer 11

They were labelled as stupid and deviant

Question 12

How did the girls in Fuller’s study respond to the negative labelling?

Answer 12

They ignored the negative labelling

Question 13

What was the impact of the negative labelling on the girls in Fuller’s study?

Answer 13

There was no negative impact

Question 14

What do Interactionists say about why black pupils join anti-school subcultures?

Answer 14

It was a response to racist labelling from teachers

Question 15

Which group of people in schools have authority?

Answer 15

Teachers

Question 16

If teachers have authority, what is more likely to happen with the labels they give?

Answer 16

They are more likely to stick

Question 17

What did Gillborn find with teacher punishments for black students?

Answer 17

They were punished more harshly

Question 18

What did the harsh punishments by teachers result in black students doing?

Answer 18

Joining Anti-School Subcultures

Question 19

Why did the black students join ASSC’s as a response to harsh punishments from teachers?

Answer 19

So they could avoid this racism

Question 20

How was a self-fulfilling prophecy created in Gillborn’s study?

Answer 20

Black students being labelled as more deviant resulted in them fully becoming deviant

Question 21

Why would Right Realists be critical of this racist labelling argument?

Answer 21

Does not focus on the role inefficient primary socialisation plays in deviant behaviour

Question 22

Who argued many Black Caribbean young people had inefficient primary socialisation?

Answer 22

Sewell

Question 23

What does Sewell argue is the impact of absence of a male role model for Black Caribbean children?

Answer 23

Boundaries for disciplined behaviour will not be set

Question 24

Name a type of role model Black Caribbean youths might turn to if they do not have their fathers present.

Answer 24

Rappers

Question 25

What do Rappers sing about that is deviant?

Answer 25

Expensive clothes and cars

Question 26

What deviant behaviours might young Black Caribbean’s imitate from their new role models?

Answer 26

Committing crimes to get the expensive clothes or cars

Question 27

What was the ethnicity of Bianca Williams?

Answer 27

Black British

Question 28

What was the job of Bianca Williams?

Answer 28

Team GB sprinter

Question 29

What did the police do to Bianca Williams?

Answer 29

They stopped and searched her car

Question 30

Why did the police do this to Bianca Williams?

Answer 30

They were suspicious of her having a nice car