Interactionists

Question 1

Becker

Answer 1

Master status

Question 2

How is the master status fulfilled?

Answer 2

1. public labelling and rejection
2. further deviance
3. exclusion from jobs
4. deviant career
5. master status SFP

Question 3

What does Becker say about the social construction of deviance?

Answer 3

Others’ labels and reactions create deviance

E.g. reception of a fight in a poor area vs a rich area - gang violence vs high spirits

Question 4

Malinowski

Answer 4

63% of people admitted to speeding

Islanders abused publicised invest but were all aware of its prevalence

Question 5

What are the two main interactionist beliefs about crime?

Answer 5

Micro-interactions with agents of social control create deviance

The powerless are labelled by the powerful

Question 6

S. Cohen

Answer 6

moral panics turn deviant people into folk devils

studied Mods and Rockers and how the media’s exaggeration increased affiliation to either group

Question 7

Cicourel

Answer 7

Police have power to stop and search behaviour they perceive as ‘strange’ - ‘typical delinquent’ is WC

MC parents can impress police and persuade them

Question 8

Lemert

Answer 8

Primary and secondary deviance

Coastal inuit shamed stuttering, therefore emphasising minor speech impediments and exacerbating minor issues of stuttering

Question 9

Jones

Answer 9

Policy should be changed so that addicts do not face discrimination - no need to name and shame

Question 10

Braithwaite

Answer 10

Disintegrative deviance shames the actor

Reintegrative shames the act - better policy to prevent reoffending

Question 11

Goffman

Answer 11

Researchers covertly in a mental institution were interpreted as showing symptoms of mental illness