interactionism + crime Flashcards
(10 cards)
sociologists ?
- Becker
- lemert
- cicourel
- matza
interactionists believe?
crime can change from one society to another, it looks at how crime and deviance is constructed in society and how culture defines what constitutes a crime
howard Becker ?
he argues deviance is socially constructed through labelling and a self fulfilling prophecy. being labelled as deviant can lead to deviance amplification because the label becomes our master status which affects how we identify.
supporting study for labelling and self fulfilling prophecy ?
young looked into the effects of societal reaction to being labelled as deviant he carried out research into hippies and weed users he found police started targeting a group of hippies which became apart of their status
lemert?
believes theres 2 types of deviance primary and secondary deviance
primary deviance ?
initial acts of rule breaking that is isolated little to no societal reaction
secondary deviance ?
subsequent acts of deviance that occur after an individual has been labelled as deviant which affects their self identity and behaviour
cicourel - negotiation of justice ?
justice isn’t fixed is negotiable, he investigated delinquency in California in two different cities and found that it was the societal reaction to delinquency that differed rather than the acts themselves
- Lavinia woodward
matza drift theory ?
he argues there are no distinct subcultural values which can be identified instead there are subterranean values which everyone shares some are deviant to can become deviant. he argues most people drift in and out of deviant behaviour when theyre young.
evaluation of interactionist views ?
- too offender focused not taking into account the effect of crime on victims
- over deterministic assuming everyone will react the same way to labelling
- doesn’t account for all motives behind crime
