CRM 2301 Lecture Notes - Lecture 18: Symbolic Interactionism, Metonymy, Erving Goffman
8 Apr 2016
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Term used to describe a title or name given to individual and the meaning of this title. Not just about label itself but also implication of label, the meaning that others try to accomplish by using that label: consideration of macro influences. Race, status etc: label can be more macro, considered micro. The impact of the label on the person. The damage that the label is causing on an individual: diachronic. Concerned with influences of how we react, to who and how. Connects crime and control within political and institutional space. Some crimes that are essentially the same are not treated the same: ex: stealing is wrong and has always been, fraud was not because it was people of power. No inherent deviance: rather it is a response to labeling process. Criticizes positivist crim: symptoms/ drowning bodies", tended to sustain origin of crime.
