Labelling/Interactionist (action) theories of crime and deviance. 0.0 / 5 ? SociologyCrime and devianceA2/A-levelAQA Created by: lisa.gregory1Created on: 07-11-15 11:37 Do labelling/interactionist theories reject or accept offical statistics on crime? Reject. 1 of 12 Why do labelling/interactionist theories reject official statistics on crime? See them as a social construction (underreporting etc.) so uderestimate crime. 2 of 12 Labelling/interactionist theories also reject what explanation of crime and deviance? Structural causal explanations. 3 of 12 What do labelling/interactionist theories look at? The way that crime and deviance is socially contructed. 4 of 12 What methods/approaches do labelling/interactionist theories favour? Qualitative methods/approaches. 5 of 12 What are some of the qualitiative methods/approaches labelling/interactionist theories favour? Informal Interviews, observations, personal documents. 6 of 12 Becker (1983) suggests that what we count as crime and deviance is based on what? Subjectice decisions. 7 of 12 Who makes the subjective decisions? Moral entrepreneurs. 8 of 12 When does an act become deviant? When people within a society label it as such. 9 of 12 Creating deviant acts has how many outcomes? Two. 10 of 12 What is the first outcome when creating deviant acts? A new group of outsiders will be created. 11 of 12 What is the second outcome when creating deviant acts? An agency of social control will be created or extended in order to impose labels on new offenders. 12 of 12
Assess the view that crime and deviance are the products of the labelling process (essay 21/21) 0.0 / 5
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