Labelling Theory

Question 1

Social control agents and Typifications

Answer 1

Cicourel - social control agents > Typifications - more likely to be stopped and searched - stereotyping when arresting - WC most likely to be stopped and searched than middle class

Question 2

Effects of labelling

Answer 2

Lemert - societal reaction - primary: not public ally labelled not “deviant” - secondary: labelled as “deviant” becomes master status (stigmatisation)

Question 3

Effects of labelling - SFP

Answer 3

SFP- living up to a label - master status > joined subcultures. young= hippy marijuana drug use become master status due to to societal reaction

Question 4

Deviance amplification spiral

Answer 4

Media exaggeration - moral panic - crackdown - stigmatisation - SFP master status

Question 5

Criticisms

Answer 5

Deterministic - no free well. - offender as victim. Fails to explain deviance before labelling