Labelling Flashcards
Give 6 points in regards to the labelling theory of crime?
- Attaching a label and self fulfilling prophecy (some labelled as criminals)
- Secondary deviance
- Master status
- Negotiation of justice
- Deviancy amplification spiral
- Disintegrative and reintegrative shaming
What is secondary deviance?
Being labelled can cause people to become more deviant
What is master status?
When their label becomes their dominant identity (all other qualities unimportant)
What is negotiation of justice and who was it devised by?
Cicourel - Decides who will be punished for crimes and who won’t
What is the deviancy amplification spiral?
There’s an increasing number of reports of anti social behaviour, causing a moral panic
What is disintegrative and reintegrative shaming?
Disintegrative - Cast out of society
Reintegrative - Welcomed back
Give an example of attaching a label/self fulfilling prophecy and conflicting evidence
- Agents of social control (e.g. police) are more likely to label working class youth than other groups
- Are people who aren’t labelled not deviant?
Give an example of secondary deviance and conflicting evidence
- Makes people feel stigmatised, resulting in more deviance
- Doesn’t explain why they are deviant in the first place
Give an example of master status and conflicting evidence
- ASBO, criminal etc.
- Shows that society’s attempts to control can backfire
Give an example of deviancy amplification spiral and conflicting evidence
- London knife crime - more reported
- Functionalism - may result in boundary maintenane
Give an example of disintegrative and reintegrative shaming and conflicting evidence
- Criminal records prevent people from getting jobs so centres try to help them get jobs
- Disintegrative shaming - no policies to help them
Give an example of negotiation of justice and supporting evidence
Brock Turner, Oxford student etc.
Marxism - highlights the inequalities between class and crime
