SOC 1500 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Victimless Crime, Labeling Theory, Ruling Class
30 Mar 2016
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1960"s in the us the person is not deviant unil they are labelled as deviant and treated that way. Informal: family, friends, coworkers, less severe consequences, formal labelling, done through oicial channels, police, courts, doctors, psychiatrists. Those who are being deined (less social power) vs. the deiners. Power lies with the labeller, not the labelled. Status degradaion: garinkel 1956, process of becoming a lower status, decrease of status, ceremonial- court, jail, etc. Make what they see as wrong illegal. People can have a deviant career the same way they would have a legiimate one. Status that overrides all other regardless of situaion. Afects how others see you, how you are treated. Can be achieved (earned) through school, work, etc. Can be ascribed (born with) race, class status, gender, etc. 1967 looked at the process by which people are labelled as criminals. Study of agents of social control and the consequences of sigmas/ labels.
