SOCIOL 2BB3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Critical Legal Studies, Marxist Feminism, Left Realism
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Labeling theory roots in symbolic interactionism (si: si premises: Looking glass self : applied to deviance, bare bones version of labeling theory, primary deviance labeling (societal reaction) internalization of deviant labels secondary deviance. Two examples: being sane in insane places by david l. rosenhan. If sanity and insanity exist, how shall we know them? : pseudo-patient: pretend patients, acting in the way they normally act, but doctors and nurses saw them as insane so they were insane we believe what we want to. Findings: adult careers: saints, 7/8 went to college, 3/8 advanced degrees (law/politics, medical school, ph. d, roughnecks, 2/6 went to college, 2/6 in prison (break and enter, homicide, 1 small-time gambler, 1 lost. When you lose your status of a normal person in society or member of tribe. Once they"ve got a burn for ya, y"might as well start sayin" goodbye to everyone, more vulnerable.