Topic two

Question 1

Labelling theory

Answer 1

Looks at how and why people are labelled and the consequences of it

Question 2

Two effects of a new law according to Becker

Answer 2

Creation of a social control agency and new group of outsiders

Question 3

Arrested / charged based on

Answer 3

Appearance , situation of offence and interactions with police

Question 4

Cicourel

Answer 4

Said official statistics shouldn’t be used because they don’t represent facts

Question 5

Lembert

Answer 5

Primary deviance - not public ally labelled

Secondary deviance- individual is stigmatised and excluded from society

Question 6

Deviance amplification

Answer 6

Attempt to control deviance causes it to increase

Question 7

Braithwate

Answer 7

Disintegrative shaming - act and label is bad

Reintegrative shaming - just the act is labelled

Question 8

Douglas

Answer 8

Interested in the meaning suicide has for the deceased and how the coroner labels death as a suicide