CRIM 2311 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Due Process, Labeling Theory, Deinstitutionalisation
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Pre-1960"s: optimism ran high; people had faith in gov. Protests, vietnam war, civil rights movement, watergate. The act of naming an individual as deviant, which leads an individual to engage in deviant behaviors. Robbing a store and people yelling (cid:440)thief(cid:441) Two main ideas of labeling (p 157) Extra-legal factors shapes who is and who isn"t labeled. Yes matters in police stops, plea bargains, sentencing. Punishment tends to lead to future crimes. Secondary deviance- person has been labeled a deviant & continues to shy away from acceptable behavior. This changes a person"s self concept/social identity. Reintegrative shaming-condemn the act, not the actor, a sense of community forgiveness follows. Disintegrative shaming- both offense and offender are labeled deviant. Emphasizes that a deviant label operates like a (cid:440)master status(cid:441) Status that has an overriding effect on our perception of another person. Diversion (keep kids out of the system)
