Labelling Theory Flashcards
What type of approach is it (x2)
Bottom-up
Interactionist
What does Becker say deviant behaviour is
Simply behaviour that people label
What are moral entrepreneurs
They are people that lead a moral ‘crusade’ to change the law
What are the 2 effects that Becker says has when new laws are created
The creation of a new group of ‘outsiders’
Creation or expansion of a social control agency to enforce the rule and make new labels on people.
What factors influence people to get labelled (x3)
Interactions with agencies of social control.
Appearance, background, personal biography
Situation and circumstances of the offence.
What are officers decisions based off of (x4)
Gender of suspect
Class
Ethnicity
Time and place
What are typifications
Stereotypes of what the typical delinquent is like
What is class bias
WC are more fitted to police typifications
… WC are more likely to be arrested
Why are MC people less likely to be arrested.
Doesn’t fit the typical ‘delinquent’
Parents are also more negotiable. Making the offender seem more ‘sorry’
More likely to be ‘counselled, warmed and released’ rather than prosecuted.
Why are there implications with OS
they only tell us about the activities of the police and prosecutors. Not the amount of crime or commits it
Just the number of decisions that police make
What is the dark figure of crime
A term used to describe that we do not know how much crime goes undetected, unreported and unrecorded
What is primary deviance
Deviant acts that have not been publically labelled
What is secondary deviance
Result of societal reaction
What is the master status
(An effect of being labelled)
It is where you are publically labelled as a criminal. But it comes with being stigmatised, shamed, humiliated, and shunned.
No longer seen as a father, son, college etc but a thief, and a criminal etc.
What is a deviant career
(Another effect of labelling)
Hard to get back into society as no one will want to employ them, so the only way they can make a living or any money is thru doing more deviant acts.
