Deck 11: Interactionism and Labelling Theory

Question 1

Social constructionists such as Tannenbaum argued that deviants and non deviants are the same.

Answer 1

True

Question 2

What do moral entrepreneurs seek to impose upon others?

A)their religion
B)social mores
C)moral values and rules
D)business acumen

Answer 2

social mores
moral values and rules

Question 3

What are the three types of marijuana users according to Becker?

A)occasional user
B)the beginner
C)regular user
D)0

Answer 3

the beginner
regular user
0

Question 4

What is 'diversion' when related to juvenile justice?

A)non-custodial sentences for juvenile offenders
B)a process of cautioning rather than prosecution
C)taking young people to social events
D)getting young people interested in sport

Question 5

How does labelling theory work, according to Tannenbaum (1938)?

Question 6

What are the three stages of the rule breaking process according to Becker?

Question 7

In terms of the concept of 'stigma' what did Becker mean by 'spoiled identities'?

Question 8

Is it possible for deviance to exist in the absence of application of a label? Can an individual who commits a serious human rights violation, but is not sanctioned, really be considered not to have deviated?

Question 9

Is labelling theory really a 'theory'?

Question 10

Becker's study of 'outsiders' was crucial because:

A)immigration was rising at an alarming rate
B)people from ethnic minority backgrounds could not join the police
C)it shifted attention away from crime and toward deviance
D)it represented a sea change in criminology

Question 11

New deviancy theories, such as labelling theory:

A)adopted a more appreciative methodological stance toward deviants
B)thought that people who became deviant had faulty reasoning
C)argued for tougher sentences for violent crimes
D)took a more critical stance toward the state and the system that defined them as deviant

Question 12

After someone has been convicted of a crime and publically shamed Braithwaite argues it is impossible to become law abiding, respectable citizens.

Question 13

It is argued that interactionist inquiry, based on ethnographic fieldwork, is difficult to substantiate or refute.

Question 14

Labelling theory is said to be the sociology of the underdog.

Question 15

Why is it important to consider the meaning of 'deviant'?

A)Because deviance leads to crime
B)because it is a new way of counting crime
C)because deviance is simply those things we describe as such
D)because it is an independent variable

Question 16

What does it mean to say that human interaction is undertaken with the aid of symbols?

A)signals are seen as crime
B)things can be used to signify other things
C)signs of crime are everywhere
D)certain behaviours might be seen by different people in different ways

Question 17

What is the core concern of phenomenology?

A)unusual and surprising crimes
B)sexual crimes in terms of the impact upon the victim
C)homicide
D)the ways in which people's subjective experience may be understood

Question 18

What do ethnomethodologists concentrate upon?

A)the ways in which everyday activities are made meaningful
B)the ethnicity of suspects
C)the life history method

Question 19

If primary deviance is classed as the simple commission of a prohibited act, what is 'secondary deviance?

A)where an offender keeps committing further crimes
B)when someone begins to see themselves as deviant
C)when a person is arrested for a crime
D)when someone is convicted of a crime

Question 20

Why do labelling theorists reject positivism?