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21 Cards in this Set
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What are the real life examples of moral panics that have occurred historically? |
1) Canudos Massacre of 1893-7
2) Penis Panics in China
3) Satanic day care in Canada and the US
4) White slave traffic panic in Orleans, Fr.
5) Molestation scandal in Boise, Minneapolis
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Characteristics of moral panics (hint: C,H,C,D,V) |
Concern, hostility, consensus, disproportionality, volatility |
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When and why did the labelling theory become popular? |
In the 1960's, because of internal conflicts such as the civil rights movement and anti-war protests ---> these conflicts led to the labelling of those who were considered "conventional people" |
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Labelling theory is also known as? Why? |
The societal reactionist perspective, because the focus is on those with the power to label. |
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What is the societal reactionist perspective's beliefs (3) |
1) There is nothing inherently deviant about non-normative behavior.
2) There is something wrong with those who label too easily.
3) Labelling is a process that should be carefully examined.
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Where did labelling theory begin? What was argued? |
Began with Lemert's book, Social Pathology. He argued that deviance is in the eye of the beholder or the crusader. |
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Labelling theorists are concerned with 3 things: |
1) The socio-historical development of deviant labels
2) The application of labels to certain types of people at certain places and times
3) Symbolic and practical consequences of labels |
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According to Becker, there are rule _______ and rule _______ |
Rule creators and rule enforcers |
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Becker's rule creators have a desire to work on what? What are they concerned with? |
Desire to work on moral crusades.
Mostly concerned with justifying their position and winning the respect of those they deal with |
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Becker's rule enforcers are concerned with? |
Concerned with the application of rules |
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Lemert's two types of deviance are called? |
Primary and secondary |
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What is primary deviance? What can it trigger? |
It involves instances where indqividuals violate norms without viewing themselves and being involved in the deviant role.
It can trigger the labelling process. |
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What is secondary deviance? |
A person engaging in deviant behavior as a means of defense? |
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What is the labelling process? (Hint: D,R,R,S,S,M)
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Deviance -> Reaction -> Role engulfment -> Secondary deviance -> Stigma -> Master status |
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Who noted that "we cannot distinguish insanity from sanity," as well noting the idea of "depersonalization" |
Rosenhan |
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What study did Rosenhan conduct? |
The study where staff labelled study patients as schizophrenics, but the real patients in the mental-hospitals easily detected the study patients. |
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What are the two things that can be done to make society more enjoyable, according to labelling theorists? |
1) Decriminalize victimless crimes
2) Least restrictive control |
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What are the three main problems with labelling theory? |
1) The causal critique
2) The normative critique
3) The structural critique |
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What did labelling theory influence? |
Conflict theorists, feminists, and critical criminologists. |
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What is the main focus of labelling theory? What do they not focus on? (Which is problematic) |
How society manufactures deviance, rather than why individuals decide to engage in crime - this is problematic. |
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What is labelling theory closely connected to? |
Symbolic interationism and societal reactionism. All three are closely connected. |
