Labeling Theorist

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April 3, 2016

 

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From this point of view, criminal acts thus themselves are not significant; it is the social reactions to them that are. "Deviance is not a quality of the act the person commits, but rather a consequence of the application by others of rules and sanctions to an offender. The deviant is one to whom that label has successfully been applied; deviant behavior is behavior that people so label," (Becker, 1963)...
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The deviant is one to whom that label has successfully been applied; deviant behavior is behavior that people so label," (Becker, 1963). When it becomes evident that an individual has taken part in deviant acts, she or he is then segregated from society and thus labeled, "whore," thief," "abuser," "junkie," and other such similar classifications...
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