Crime : AO3 Becker Theory

• -Becker tends to side too much with the deviant against the authority figure. As such his whole approach is too subjective. Becker does not mind this - in fact he believes that we should side with the deviant (as stated in his later book 'Whose side are you on?').
• -Becker assumes that deviance starts with the labelling process. What he fails to investigate are the reasons as to why the individual committed the act in the first place. Becker defends himself by suggesting that there are thousands of reasons for this, but nevertheless there still remains the problem of why a person committed an act - often with the recognition that there could be the risk of being labelled.