develop in deviance has been the labelling approach. Coming into prominence in the 1960s it produced a great deal or research and inspired an incredible amount of debate. It has lost in recent years much of its early luster but so much of what it has given to theoretical criminology ...
theoreticalcriminologyremainsastruisms. Becker’sstatementprovidesthenucleusofwhathascometobetaggedthelabellingor societalreactionperspective.Iwillfirstgiveanoverviewofthelabellingapproach.Second,I willlookatthenotionofcareerdeviance,andfinally;Iwilllookatsomeoftheevidence, whichempiricallyattemptstotestthistheory. The...
Society for the Study of Social Problems Labelling Theory and Criminology : An AssessmentAustinNormanWillie
Society for the Study of Social Problems Labelling Theory and Criminology : An AssessmentAustinNormanWillie
Focusing on the fifty interview participants' narratives around sexual labels, politics, and norms, I draw on queer theory to destabilise the * Max Morris M.J.Morris@Kingston.ac.uk 1 Department of Criminology and Sociology, Kingston University London, Kingston‑Upon‑Thames, UK boundedness...
Reform of the penalties for rape, adapted to the degrees of culpability, resulted in more certain but not necessarily more severe punishment, an outcome embraced by general deterrence theory. The conclusion is that the main impact of the statutory reform has been a symbolic and educative one for...