interactionist view of deviance (labelling) Flashcards
what is a master status
a label that overrides all over labels eg pedo or gay
‘an act only becomes deviant when others perceive it to be deviant’
whose idea
Howard becker
who came up with the looking glass self
cooley
what is the looking glass self
build our identity based on how others respond to us
explain the amplification spiral
social reaction to deviance-alienation of deviant-increased deviant-less tolerance-more deviant definitions
who came up with disintegrative shaming and reintegrative shaming
braithwaite
what is disintegrative shaming
excluded from society
what is reintegrative shaming
society forgives you
whats the difference between primary and secondary deviance
p=deviant act
s=deviant act resulting from societies reaction
who coined the term ‘typification’
cicourel
what is typification
stereotype that makes you the type of person that may commit a crime
what did stanley cohen study to prove moral panics to be true
mods and rockers
evaluations of this labeling theory
too deterministic
fails to explain why people commit primary crime
sympathizes with the offender
what is a moral panic (cohen)
when media or police make a problem seem out of proportion to society panics
who studied the saints and roughnecks
chambliss
