THEORYS OF CRIME- LABELLING 3

Question 1

Interactionism/labelling

Answer 1

crime is a social construction, people are based on stereotypical assumptions. micro levels of interactions between people and police rather than external social factors. become sdeveint when people label it as such, no act inertly criminal, reaction of society

Question 2

social construct

Answer 2

laws made from labels, police and justice system don’t enforce laws equally, use labels
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Question 3

howard Becker what is deviant behaviour?

Answer 3

devient is someone whom the label has successfully been applied. deviant behvaiour is simply behaviour people label as deviant based of cages

Question 4

howard Becker: expanded the two effects

Answer 4

rules and laws made by foreign enturpnurs, those who embark on moral crusade to change law
two effects: creates outsides(those who prev not labelled as devient suddenly are hard to be reaccepted into society)
expansion of social control to impose labels of offenders

Question 5

lemert: primary deviance

Answer 5

criminal/devient act committed act witnessed but not formal (no label)

Question 6

lemert secondary deviance

Answer 6

criminal/devient act committed action witnessed>person labels>person rejected from socoety>person rejects society = DEVEINT CAREER -takes master status accept new label live up to it like young study
supported by merton strain theory(retreatists)

Question 7

criticism of labelling theory:

Answer 7

fails to explain primary deviance(why people offend in first place)
fails to explain where label comes from( shared value system or capitalist ideology)
determinism- wrongly assumes labelling automatically leads to devient carrier