SOC225 Lecture Notes - Lecture 25: Differential Association, Labeling Theory, Arson

• School: University of Alberta
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOC225
• Professor: Sharon Springer

Document Summary

Interactionist theories and crime: labelling theory, deviant career, differential association theory, the sociocultural context of the labelling theory, 1960"s in the us, can only understand labeling theory in context of the government and police at. Labelling theory that time: developed from charles cooley"s looks glass-self . Look at how others/society perceives us, not viewing ourselves objectively. Imagine how others/society would evaluate us: we take that evolution into our own judgement of ourselves and it becomes part of how we define ourselves. Impacts our sense of self: edwin lemert , being labeled as a deviant may result in the amplification of deviant behavior, primary deviance do something that society will judge you for, ex. Speeding: doesn"t affect our identity, secondary deviance only move to this phase when we are labelled as a deviant and start acting in line with that deviant identity, self-fulfilling prophecy.