SOCIOL 2CC3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Labeling Theory, Shoplifting, Informal Social Control
20 Nov 2018
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Informal labelling of deviancy: research on informal labelling neglected. If significant other complain to police about you, your opinion is the first one they hear: can profoundly affect a person"s self-concept/self-esteem, play an important role in shaping of a person"s sense of self as deviant. Developing a deviant identity 1: matsuda"s theory of delinquency, focused on informal labelling by significant others, whereby the self acts as a mechanism of social control. Incites and increases criminal behaviour: there is an expectation that when someone commits a heinous crime they should feel remorse. If they don"t, they are stigmatized as evil and receive a worse punishment. I. e. old behaviours redefined as early signs of a deviant self: e. g. speculate if the girl was responsible for their, 3: spoiled identity (goffman) dorm room thefts, as news of misdeed spread informally, the person develops a. Is a tarnished reputation that causes a person to experience stigma (discrediting attribute: no commitment ceremonies ensue.
