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| Question | Answer |
| What did Becker say about the labelling theory? | In his study, The Outsiders, he focused on what causes people to act in deviant and criminal ways; he studied how someone is labelled deviant and the consequences of it. In the quote 'deviant behaviour is behaviour that people so label', he meant that as everyone has a different opinion on what is deviant, there is no such thing. |
| What was Malinowski's study? | He found that sexually deviant acts such as incest were commonly practised in a remote community. However, only after being negatively labelled by outsiders did one of the people on the island commit suicide. |
| What is primary deviance and secondary deviance? | Primary is the initial, often minor, rule-breaking or deviant act (speech difficulty). Secondary is the consequence of the first deviance, often making it worse (chronic stuttering). |
| What criticism of the labelling theory did Akers offer? | He believes this theory makes excuses for deviants as it is assumed that they don't become deviant until they are told they are; there must be a reason why some people are labelled as such and some people aren't. |
| What is an example of a moral panic? | Mods and Rockers in the 60s; the media constructed rivalry between the two groups and the coverage of the story led to violence erupting. Only after the press running the story of deviance did it actually occur. |
| What does master status mean? | When people are looked at solely on the basis of their 'deviant' characteristic. Becker used this term to explain that, when the label has been applied, that person will also begin to see themselves in the same way, and will respond to it. |
| Define moral entrepreneur. | This is a person or a group of people who create or enforce rules; Becker stated rules are the product of someone's initiative (the moral entrepreneurs). |
| What is an example of someone who was able to reject their label? | Reiss studied male prostitutes, who argued that this act of deviancy was only work, and they were still straight. |
| What is deviancy amplification? | When the action of the rule enforcers, or media, in response to deviance brings about an increase of the deviance. |
| How does Jock Young's research explain this? | An increase in police activity led to drug use being used 'underground', with a subculture making re-entry to employment hard. This caused a lot of problems, including criminal activity within the drug-subculture. This process described public concern, encouraging more work from the police, causing the deviance to spiral quickly. |
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