Labelling And Interactionist Flashcards
Piliavin and Briar found that police decisions to arrest were based on what?
Physical cues, gender, class, ethnicity and time and place
What is primary deviance?
Deviance that has not been labelled by society these acts are not part of a deviant way of life
What is a master status?
The main identity which people judge them by
What is secondary deviance?
The extra deviance that the labelling created
What is a deviant career?
When the person accepts the label as their identity
What is disintegrative shaming?
Where the crime and the criminal is labelled as bad and the offender is excluded from society
What is reintegrative shaming?
Labels the deviant act but not the person who committed it
How does society socially construct crime and deviance?
The society creates laws and norms through the police, media and official crime statistics
What is a deviancy amplification spiral?
An exaggerated cycle of reporting in a particular form of deviant behaviour.
What are moral entrepreneurs?
People who lead moral crusades to change the law, believing that it will benefit those to whom it applies
