Labelling

Question 1

Young

Answer 1

Study into ‘hippy’ marijuana users in Notting Hill.
Initially the drugs were only taken by the hippies and were insignificant.
As convictions occurred they retreated into closed groups and drugs became a central activity.

Question 2

Lemert

Answer 2

Distinguishes between primary and secondary deviance.
Primary deviance- deviant acts that have not been publicly labelled.
Secondary deviance- result of societal reaction of labelling.
Master status- Controlling identity.

Question 3

Piliavin and Briar

Answer 3

Police decisions to arrest a youth were mainly based on physical cues eg manner, dress, gender, class and ethnicity along with time and place.

Question 4

Downes and Rock

Answer 4

Not everyone labelled will follow a deviant career.

Question 5

Cohen

Answer 5

“Folk Devils and Moral Panics”- the study of society’s reaction to the ‘mods and rockers’ disturbances.

Question 6

Becker

Answer 6

A deviant is simply someone to whom the label has been successfully applied.
Laws create a new group of ‘outsiders’ and expand law enforces.

Question 7

Cicourel

Answer 7

The negotiation of justice

Officers ‘typicications’ lead them to concentrate on certain types.

Question 8

Braithwaite

Answer 8

Identifies a more positive role for the labelling process.

“Reintegrative” shaming: labels that act and not he person.