Becker (1963)

• What is considered deviant is dependant on what three things?

  Time, situation and culture - known as the relativity of crime.
• What did Becker argue in regard to social construction?

  Society creates a set of rules and anyone who acts outside of these rules is deviant. Furthermore, he argued that an act only becomes deviant when labelled as such.
• What sociological perspective did Becker argue from?

  Interactionalism
• What did Becker argue in regard to police and labelling?

  That police use pre - existing conceptions and stereotyping, influencing their response to deviant behaviour when they come across it. Becker argued that this led to some groups being labelled as deviant.