SOCIOL 2BB3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Labeling Theory, Homicide, Gambling
31 Jan 2020
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Labeling theory: roots in si, apart of interpretivist theories, si is the main one. They can play with it, or sell it, or give it to a friend b/c they don"t play ball. From life experiences and environmental stimuli over our lifetime. Primary deviance (us acting in the world, doing something, engaging in some kind of action) You want to be consistent with who you are as your new deviant identity. Doctors would talk about the patients rudely even when they could overhear them: depersonalization hard to hold onto their sense of self. Aren"t really treated as human beings, they are recognized in a room. Slips during the day will go un-noticed (do something at home and family members ignore or give you your space: degradation ceremony we are no longer a normal" and being degraded and stripping of normal status.
