Labelling Theory

Question 1

Labelling theory is a S________ I____________ theory

Answer 1

Symbolic interactionist

Question 2

The 3 key names for labelling theory is…

Answer 2

.Becker
.Cicourel
.Young

Question 3

Becker studied what during the 1930s?

Answer 3

Use of and views of cannabis.

Question 4

Cicourel points out that class race and gender have particular effects on how crime is perceived. What case shows this?

Answer 4

The case of Brock Turner.
6 month sentence
Then he spent only 90 days

Question 5

There’s sometimes a positive Facit to labelling, how was this demonstrated?

Answer 5

The controversial use of public shaming by a judge in the U.S instead of jail.
Durkheim would say thus has a positive way of promoting value consensus around recognising the crime as bad.

Question 6

Young studied what?

Answer 6

Hippie culture and the response by the police and media.
He looked at what he called ‘Deviance amplification’ how the master label came to define people through spiralling.

Question 7

Becker

Answer 7

Labelling theory is an agent of social control in society to keep people in line.
What is actually deviant is situational.

Question 8

Cicourel

Answer 8

Labelling theory is subject to tremendous bias, reflecting the bias of individuals in that society.
Eg: Kyle Rittenhouse and Brock Turner cases