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Labelling Theory - Coggle Diagram
Labelling Theory
Evaluation
good - shows that the law is enforced in discriminatory ways and this can be reflected in crime statistics
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Cicourel (1968)
police officers concentrate on certain 'types' e.g he identifies 'class-bias' - police are more likely to patrol WC areas thus leading to more WC arrests which confirms their stereotypes
if a MC youth is arrested, he is less likely to be charge as his background does not fit the idea of a police's 'typical delinquent'
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Labelling and CJ Policy
labelling theorists argue that an increase in the attempt to control and punish offenders can have the opposite effect
Triplett (2000) - claims that in the USA there has been an increasing tendency to see young offenders as evil and their offences, such as truancy, have been relabelled as more deviant
this has led to an increase in offending, with levels of violence among the young rising
this suggests that to reduce crime, we should make and enforce fewer laws for people to break and avoid publicly 'naming and shaming' offenders
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Overall view
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argue that no act is criminal or deviant in all situations, only when it becomes labelled such
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Effects of Labelling
Edwin Lemert (1951)
focused on societal reactions to deviant behaviour, says society's reactions are one of the main causes of crime
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