CRIM 104 Chapter Notes - Chapter 14: Kai T. Erikson, George Herbert Mead, Labeling Theory
27 Sep 2016
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Reading 14: the sociology of deviance, the labeling perspective and critical constructionism. First indications of the development of the social reaction or labelling perspective can be found in frank. He observed that once young offenders were apprehended and processed through the youth criminal justice system, they ended up being tagged as juvenile delinquents . As a consequence, youth come to view themselves a juvenile delinquents and begin to act in accordance to their new role. Lemert was actually the first major developer of labelling. Secondary deviance occurs when the individual continues his behavior on the basis of these new self-perceptions or self-definitions as well as on the basis of the new societal perceptions and definitions. The label of deviancy, becomes his master status, which becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy. Crime and deviance is also socially constructed: social groups make up rules and then apply them to people who are then regarded as outsiders.
