THEORYS OF CRIME- INTERACTIONISM 3

Question 1

a02 of clocure: evidence : lamina Woodward case

Answer 1

lavina was Oxford student given 10motnh suspended for stabbing boyfriend. = two different rules she was intellegndent women

Question 2

negotiations of justice> clocure 1968

Answer 2

officers typicfications(stereotypes) of typical criminal class lead them to concentrate on types of people that are more likely to offend.
police patrol wc areas more intensively which sustains their labels on the wc
mc more likely to negotiate their way out of criminal proceedings

Question 3

clocure : social construction of crime figures

Answer 3

the dark figure, don’t show full picture as people don’t speak up

Question 4

a03 of clocure: strengths

Answer 4

law is not fixed and it can be seen to be enforced in discriminately way. stereotypes do exist

Question 5

a03 of clocure: weakness

Answer 5

doesnt explain why wc are labelled as they are originally, doesnt focus of capitalism

Question 6

impact of labelling Cohen: mods and rockers

Answer 6

as a study of societal reaction to mods and rockers disturbances involving groups of youths at seaside resorts

Question 7

Cohen: exemplifies the concept of deviance amplification spiral

Answer 7

media exaggeration and dissertation began a moral panic. moral entrepunrs called for a crackdown
demonising the mods and rockers as folk devils mariginlsied them further, resulting in mroe deviance

Question 8

braithewait- labelling effects
disintegrative shaming:

Answer 8

negative, were the crime and criminal are labelled as band and the offender is excluded from society

Question 9

braithewait- labelling effects
reintegrative shaming:

Answer 9

positive, labels the act not the actor, avoid stigmatisation
person is made aware of neg impact of their actions and encourages others to forgive them and accept them back into society

Question 10

a03 of interactions: strength

Answer 10

emphasis social construction of c+d identifies and reveals the role of the powerful in c+d, shows how deviant carriers can be est

Question 11

a03 of interactions: weakness

Answer 11

devient becomes the victim of labelling and therefore not to blame for behaviour, ignores victim, too determinist, doesnt explain why people commit primary deivence
fails to explain organ of labels or why they are applied to certain groups eg wc