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LABELLING THEORY (SECONDARY DEVIANCE (BEING CAUGHT AND PUBLICY LABELLED AS…
LABELLING THEORY
SECONDARY DEVIANCE
SECONDARY DEVIANCE IS ALSO LIKELY TO PROVOKE FURTHER HOSTILE REACTIONS FROM SOCIETY AND REINFORCE THE DEVIANT'S 'OUTSIDER STATUS' - THIS IN TURN MAY LEAD TO MORE DEVIANCE, A DEVIANT CAREER AND JOINING A DEVIANT SUBCULTURE
BEING CAUGHT AND PUBLICY LABELLED AS A CRIMINAL CAN INVOLVE BEING STIGMATISED, SHAMED, HUMILIATED, SHUNNED OR EXCLUDED FROM SOCIETY
ONCE AN INDIVIDUAL IS LABELLED, OTHERS MAY COME TO SEE HIM ONLY IN TERMS OF THE LABEL = MASTER STAUTUS
THIS CAN PROVOKE A CRISIS FOR THE INDIVIDUAL'S SELF-COCNEPT AND THE ONLY WAY TO RESOLVE THIS CRISIS IS FOR THE INDIVIDUAL TO ACCEPT THE DEVIANT LABEL AND SEE THEMSELVES AS THE WORLD SEE'S THEM = SELF-FULFILLING PROPHECY
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YOUNG USES THE CONCEPT OF SECONDARY DEVIANCE AND DEVIANT CAREER IN HIS STUDY OF HIPPY MARIJUANA USERS IN NOTTING HILL
DRUGS BECOME A CENTRAL ACTIVITY OF THE GROUP, WHICH ATTRACT ATTENTION FROM THE POLICE. AS A RESULT, A SELF FULFILLING PROPHECY AS THEY BECAME HIPPY MARIJUANA USERS, JUST LIKE THEY WERE LABEL
C = ALTHOUGH A DEVIANT CAREER IS A COMMON OUTCOME, LABELLING THEORISTS ARE QUICK TO POINT OUT ITS NOT INEVITABLE
DOWNES AND ROCK NOTE THAT WE CANNOT PREDICT WHETHER SOMEONE WHO HAS BEEN LABELLED WILL FOLLOW A DEVIANT CAREER BECAUSE THEY ARE ALWAYS FREE TO CHOOSE NOT TO DEVIATE FUTHER
S = LEMERT AND YOUNG ILLUSTRATES THE IDEA THAT THE HOSTILE SOCIETAL REACTION CREEATES SERIOUS DEVIANCE
THEREFORE, THE SOCIAL CONTROL PROCESS THAT ARE MEANT TO PRODUCE LAW-ABDIDING BEHAVIOUR MAY IN FACT PRODUCE THE VERY OPPOSITE
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INTERACTIONISTS
INTERACTIONISTS ARGUE THAT TO UNDERSTAND SUCIDE AS A DEVIANT BEHAVIOUR, WE MUST STUDY ITS MEANINGS FOR THOSE WHO CHOOSE TO KILL THEMSELVES
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C = DURKHEIM REJECTS BOTH APPROACHES TO SUCIDE AS HE ARGUES THAT OFFICIAL STATISTICS HAV DISCOVERED THE CAUSES BEHIND THE DEVIANT ACT . HE SEES THE CAUSES RELATING TO THE LEVELS OF INTEGRATION AND REGULATION
S = ATKINSON AGREES THAT OFFICIAL STATISTICS ARE MERELY A RECORD OF THE LABELS CORNERS ATTACH TO DEATHS INSTEAD OF SHOWING THE REASONS BEHIND THE DEVIANT ACT