interactionalism and labelling theory

• whats the interactionalist definition of a devaint?


  someone whom the label has be applied to
• what did lemert say secondary deviance was a result of?


  labelling
• whats a master status?


  when an individual becomes labelled and others see them only in terms of the label this becomes their controlling identity
• whats the process to a devaint career?

  master status, self-fufilling prophecy, devaint career
• whats a self forfiling prohecy?

  individual attempts to solve identity crisis by accepting the label and living up to what the label says they are
• whats secondry deviance according to lemert?


  deviance that results from acting out the label
• whats a deviant career?

  ex-convicts may find it hard to find employment because of the 'outsider' status as a result they join deviant subcultures which offers deviant career opportunities
• whats deviance amplication spiral?


  where that attempt to control deviance leads to incrased devaince and the cycle repeats
• whats an example of deviance amplication?


  folk devils and moral panics
• what does becker mean by moral entrepeneurs?


  people who lead a moral campaign to change the law
• what does becker say the two effects of moral entrepenurs is?


  creation of new group of outsiders and the expansion of the agents of social control
• what does the creation of a new group of outlaws refer to?

  deviants who break new law
• what does expansion of social control refer to?


  power to police and courts to enforce the rule and put labels on offenders
• who came up with the negotiation of justice?

  cicourel