labelling/interactionist theories

Question 1

Cicourel

Answer 1

negotiation of justice
officers typifications led them to concentrate on certain profiles - class and ethnic bias
patrol WC areas more as believe broken homes lead to more crimes
MC youth are less likely to be charged
creates SFP

Question 2

Becker - deviance is socially constructed

Answer 2

deviance is socially constructed by ‘moral entrepreneurs’
nature of crime varies over time
labelling depends on who has committed and observed the act
powerless groups labelled

Question 3

Becker - consequences of label

Answer 3

deviance is amplified by labelling
master status - only see you as a label and ignore everything else about identity
SFP - deviant career, join subculture

Question 5

Jock Young

Answer 5

supports Lemert
studied marijuana users Notting Hill
persecution and control by police led hippies to see selves as outsiders
drug use became more central creating further police attention after SFP

Question 6

Stan Cohen

Answer 6

folk devils and moral panics
mods and rockers, initially small clashes until medias involvement and predicted fight on whitson weekend - SFP
large turnout and police reporters paid people to get into fight
deviance amplification spiral: deviant acts - exaggerated media response - negative social reaction - crack down by authority

Question 7

Braithwaite

Answer 7

disintegrative shaming - after prison not allowed to successfully return to soc and only seen as master status
reintegrative - allowed to filter back into society and not shamed for it