Powerpoint Labelling Theory
Powerpoint Labelling Theory
Powerpoint Labelling Theory
2.SECONDARY DEVIATION – IS WHEN BOTH THE CHILD AND THE ADULT SEE THE BEHAVIOR AS DEVIANT.
CAUSAL PROCESS
SELF-CONCEPT
DIFFRENTIAL
ASSOCIATION
SUBCULTURE
NO LABEL
TWO KINDS OF DEVIANT BEHAVIOR
CONSEQUENCES - 1. PRIMARY DEVIATION – IS THE FIRST ACT, FOR EXAMPLE
WHEN A CHILD DOES SOMETHING THAT IS CONSIDERED TO
THEORY
LABELING THEORIES THAT FOR THE LABELED,
CONSEQUENCES CAN BE NEGATIVE. THE PERSON LABELED IS
SEEN AS A DEVIANT, THIS MAKES THEM BELIEVE THEY ARE
DEVIANTS WHICH CONSEQUENTLY LEADS TO THEM
ENGAGING IN DEVIANT BEHAVIOR. CONSEQUENCES FOR THE
LABELER TEND TO BE MORE POSITIVE IT ALLOWS FOR THE
LABELER TO HAVE CONTROL OVER THOSE BEING LABELED
AND USE THE AS AN EXAMPLE TO KEEP OTHERS IN CONTROL.
WHO LABELS WHO?
• TYPICALLY, PEOPLE WITH POWER DO THE
LABELING.
• EXAMPLES
WHO GETS LABELED?
•THE KEY IDEA HERE IS THAT, NOT EVERY WHO
COMMITS CRIME AN OFFENSE IS PUNISHED FOR
IT, WHETHER A PERSON IS ARRESTED, CHARGED,
OR CONVICTED DEPENDS ON FACTORS LIKE:
TESTING THE LABELING
THEORY
• LABELING IS PERHAPS THE MOST DIFFICULT
CRIME THEORY TO EMPIRICALLY TEST.