Labelling (Interactionism)

Question 1

Who are all the interactionist sociologists?

Answer 1

1). Becker =

moral entrepreneurs.

2). Cicourel =

negotiation of justice.

3). Lemert =

primary/secondary deviance.

4). Young =

Notting Hill hippies.

5). Stanley Cohen =

deviance amplification.

6). Braithewaite =

reintegrative shaming.

Question 2

Becker (1963)?

Answer 2

Moral entrepreneurs =

• lead a moral crusade in deciding which acts are deviant.

Who gets labelled?

• social control agents are likely to label certain groups as deviant.

Question 3

Cicourel (1968)?

Answer 3

1) . Typification.

2) . Crime is negotiable.

Question 4

Lemert (1951)?

Answer 4

1). Primary deviance =

act that isn’t labelled as deviant.

2). Secondary deviance =

act labelled by society as deviant.

3). Master status =

status that exceeds all others.

4). Deviance career =

master status leads to this (marginalisation).

Question 5

Young (1971)?

Answer 5

Deviance career and secondary deviance on Notting Hill hippies.

Question 6

Stanley Cohen (1972)?

Answer 6

Moral panic of the mods and rockers led to the development of a deviance amplification.

• resulted in them having a master status of ‘folk devils’.

Question 7

Braithewaite (1989)?

Answer 7

2 types of shaming as a result of labelling

• reintegrative.
• disintegrative.