Interactionists Ideas + Labelling

Question 1

Becker : Labelling Theory

Answer 1

Deviance is in the eye of the beholder. No act is inherently deviant or criminal in all situations. Only when others attach a label societies reaction makes an act deviant.

Question 2

Piliavin + Briar

Answer 2

Police decisions to arrest young people were based on physical cues which led them to make judgements. Decisions were also based on gender, class, ethnicity as well as time and place.

Question 3

Cicourel

Answer 3

States that the law shows a class bias. Type of people who fitted into the police typerfications were more likely to be found in working class areas.