SOC-2107 Lecture Notes - Lecture 17: The Extra, Labeling Theory, The Negotiation
6 Nov 2018
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There are variations of this approach, some hard and others soft. Most positivist criminologists, use statistics provided by courts or other government entities. The labellers, who use the scofc, looks at the variations in crimes: they look at three important things: The social circumstances which determine which behaviours are criminal. Why people have the label of criminal applied to them. What are the consequences of being a criminal: these three things opened up a new dimension into crime which is still felt in today"s time, even if the label movement has fallen out of favour and use. Crime is a label that is conferred on by the state: it is the social reaction of di erent groups like the public, and the reality created by legal authorities they construct which is important. Crimes are invented it is not constant; they are socially constructed through di erent perspectives and historical events .
