Unit 2 Sociological Theories of Crime Flashcards
Labelling Theory
True of False Labelling is a micro theory
TRUE
Labelling Theory
Who are the five key theorists ?
Stan Cohen, Aaron Cicourel, Howard Becker, Edwin Lemert, Jock Young
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What are two examples of communities who are labelled?
young people, working class people
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What are two examples of people who label?
The media, the police
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What are the two key ideas for interactionism/labelling theory?
-Crime is a social construct
-Crime/deviance is subjective (there is no universal agreement on crime, things only become criminal when rules are made.)
Labelling Theory
What did Stan Cohen research?
How the media labelled subcultures (Mods and Rockers)
He came up with the idea of moral panic.
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What is Moral Panic?
coined by Stan Cohen
an exagerrated media response to a problem which threatens the moral standards of society
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What are folk devils?
Stan Cohen
The group that are scapegoated during a moral panic, they are portrayed as deviant and blamed for social problems.
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What does the deviance amplification spiral show us?
Stan Cohen
that attempting to control deviance only leads to more
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What did Aaron Cicourel research?
He looked at how the police decide who is criminal :stereotyping and typifications.
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What is stereotyping?
Aaron Cicourel
an over-generalised belief or expectation about a particular group of people
