Interactionist theory Flashcards
(9 cards)
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Cohen: Mods+rockers -> moral panic -> folk devils -> deviancy amplification
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- As a by product of creating moral panics, the media and other agencies created folk devils.
- After first reporting of events, Cohen noticed harsher policing against those seemed to be ‘folk devils’
- Gov + police clampdowns increased.
- This led to deviancy amplification - more crime as a result bc of more reporting
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Cicourel: ‘Youthful high spirits’
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- M/c areas - parents were able to convince the justice system that their child was having a ‘tough time’
- Police = convinced parents could deal with the situation themselves, so less likely charged.
- Reflects lower rates of m/c delinquency.
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Case Study: Stanford University
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- Brock Turner found guilt of sexually assaulting a girl.
- Parents stood up for him in court and suggesting his life shouldn’t be ruined for ‘20 minutes of action’
- Received 6 months sentence, when the maximum sentence is 14 years.
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A03: Cicourel
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- Assumes that all members of justice label delinquents in the same way.
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Becker: Labelling
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Once an activity is labelled as deviant, this label becomes attatched to the individual.
This then becomes their master status - one that overrides all other characteristics
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Becker: Labelling and law-making:
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- Outlined how marijuana usage in the USA had been deemed to be deviant in the 1930s
- Laws were created as part of a moral crusade to stamp out usage as the use of marijuana went against traditional American values.
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A03: Becker
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Foucses on the ‘underdogs’ of society which have sociology a greater understanding of how criminals are stigmatised.
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A02: Cohen - further applications.
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- Knife crime in the UK
- Terrorism
- Rave culture in late 1980s
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A03: Moral panics
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- McRobbie+Thornton - Moral panics have diminished due to diversity of media
- Some youth subcultures have become mainstream.
