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1
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what do interactionists say about crime?

A

it is subjective and is a result of assumptions

2
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what do interactionists reject?

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crime statistics/official statistics as they are socially constructed

3
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what 2 names are important in interactionism?

A

Becker

Lemert

4
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what does Becker talk about?

A

self fulfilling prophecy and how people will live up to their label

5
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what does Lemert identify?

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identifies the two types of deviance

6
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what are the two types of deviance?

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primary deviance which is deviance that hasn’t been labelled yet
secondary deviance which is deviance that has been labelled

7
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what are strengths of interactionism?

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recognises that everyone has the potential to become criminal
doesn’t blindly accept the ‘typical criminal’

8
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what does interactionism not explain?

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doesn’t explain the original act that took place

9
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people can ______ their label

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fight their label

10
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people not commit crime because of a label they commit crime to…..

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rebel

11
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what does Becker say about a ‘deviant identity’?

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that it controls people and leads them to live up to their label

12
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what studies support interactionism?

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Plummer

Malinowski

13
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what does Plummer say?

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deviant career is like homosexual career, surround yourself with deviant people, join subcultures

14
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what does Malinowski say?

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primary deviance of incest in a tribe, ignored

after secondary deviance, people were condemned