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Cohen

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Studied the mods and rockers and found that there was a moral panic created by the media which resulted in deviance amplification

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Jock Young

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Used the idea of secondary deviance to study hippies who made drugs central to their identity after the police had labelled them criminal addicts, so they adopted a deviant career

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Becker

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Societal reactions create crime through moral entrepreneurs, who launch a moral crusade that results in harsher social controls and more outsiders

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Cicourel

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Found that justice was a negotiation because if an individual did not fit the typifications of a criminal they could get a more lenient sentence

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Typification

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Common sense ideas about the typical criminal

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Moral entrepeuners

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Individuals /institutions who have the power to create laws, such as the media and government

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Moral crusade

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A targeted assault against a particular crime or criminal groups to create laws and outsiders within society

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Lemert

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Discussed primary and secondary deviance, which leads to a master status and deviant career

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Primary deviance

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Society does not attach a label to the act

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Secondary deviance

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A label is successfully applied to the act which leads to the act being targeted, a master status and deviant career

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