Symbolic Interactionism/ Labeling theory.

• Society decides what it and what is not a deviant act, For exmaple the difference of a man being ******* in public and a woman, 
• "Deviant behavoir is behavoir which people so label"
• Thus deviance is a social construction
• A crime is only a crime when it has been labelled as one.
• Thus, the same act might have a different social response
• Comiting an act of deviance leads to being labelled, There are 3 effects.

1) Master status is acheived - a status which derives any others that you have.

2) Self Fulfilling prophecy - turning into what your label expects of you 

3) Join a subculture or people labelled with a similar master status.

This leads to more crime > DEVIANCE AMPLIFICATION

• However Becker dosent explain why this person committed the crime in the first place.