topic 2- Interactionism and labelling theory

Becker

-argues a deviant is simply someone to whom the label has been

-social control agencies themselves may also campaign for a change in the law to increase their power

Platt

 juvenile delinquency and status offences

Cicoruel

officer’s decisions to arrest are influenced by their stereotypes about offenders, this resulted in law enforcement showing a class bias

Lemert

primary deviance+ secondary deviance

Rosenhan’s pseudo experiment

-Researchers had themselves admitted to a hospital claiming they have been hearing voices

-They were diagnosed as schizophrenia and then it became their master status 

Braginski et al’s study

inmates manipulated their systems to appear well enough to be discharged, as a result they were able to achieve their aim of free movement around the hospital 

Triplett

argues that there is an increasing tendency to see young offenders as inherently evil, which has led to less tolerance of minor deviance and harsher punishments for relatively trivial acts

Braithwaite

Disintegrative shaming and Reintegrative shaming