CRIM 104 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Criminology, F.E.A.R., Semiotics
9 Dec 2017
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When looking at a picture between a prisoner and a money sign, we associate the picture of the prisoner as someone in jail, while the picture of the money sign we associate with richness or money. Labeling theory connected to symbolic interactionism because of discussion about the development of identity, self image and self concept. Symbolic interactionists felt that favorable and unfavorable responses from others in society would contribute to development of positive or negative self image. Events can have different meanings for different people with different experiences in different contexts or social situations: meaning and our self image are socially constructed. We attach meaning to symbols and we learn these symbols through interactions with. Growing concerns about racial discrimination, social inequality, and civil rights. Emergence of diversion programs aimed at preventing juveniles from being stigmatized. Meaning and the conception of (cid:498)self(cid:499) arise through social interaction. Labeling theory emerged in late (cid:883)9(cid:887)(cid:882)"s and early (cid:883)9(cid:888)(cid:882)"s.
