the labeling perspective
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The Labeling Perspective. Three Interrelated Concerns: 1)Social-Historical Development of Labels 2)Application of labels 3)Practical Consequences of Labeling Process. The Labeling Perspective. Mead’s Psychology of Punitive Justice Tannenbaum’s Crime and Community Lemert’s Social Pathology - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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The Labeling Perspective
Three Interrelated Concerns:Three Interrelated Concerns:1)Social-Historical Development of 1)Social-Historical Development of LabelsLabels
2)Application of labels2)Application of labels
3)Practical Consequences of Labeling 3)Practical Consequences of Labeling ProcessProcess
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The Labeling Perspective
Mead’s Psychology of Punitive JusticeMead’s Psychology of Punitive Justice Tannenbaum’s Crime and CommunityTannenbaum’s Crime and Community Lemert’s Social PathologyLemert’s Social Pathology Becker’s The Outsiders and The Other Becker’s The Outsiders and The Other
SideSide Why was this Perspective so popular in Why was this Perspective so popular in
the 1960s?the 1960s?
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The Labeling Perspective
Labeling Perspective has Different Focus from Labeling Perspective has Different Focus from Other Theories of DevianceOther Theories of Deviance
Becker’s Issues with the ProcessBecker’s Issues with the Processmoral entrepeneursmoral entrepeneurs
Becker’s Sequential Model of DevianceBecker’s Sequential Model of Deviance Deviance as a Master StatusDeviance as a Master Status
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Primary and Secondary DeviancePrimary and Secondary DevianceLabeling Amplifies DevianceLabeling Amplifies Deviance
Retrospective InterpretationRetrospective Interpretation Goffman’s StigmaGoffman’s Stigma
So Why Do We Label?So Why Do We Label?
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Can You Recover from a Label?Can You Recover from a Label?
What About Rejecting a Label?What About Rejecting a Label?
Notion of Power: Links to Conflict Notion of Power: Links to Conflict TheoryTheory