Exam 8: Labeling Theory

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According to Becker, the four types of deviant behavior are:

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Which of the following is NOT a policy implication of labeling theory?

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Match the term with its best definition
Reintegrative shaming
Abnormal behavior is either ignored by audience or not reacted to as if it were deviant.
Secret Deviance
Develops as labeled person finally accepts delinquent identity.
Master status
Repentant is allowed back into the community as bad act no longer makes him or her a bad person.
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Reintegrative shaming
Abnormal behavior is either ignored by audience or not reacted to as if it were deviant.
Secret Deviance
Develops as labeled person finally accepts delinquent identity.
Master status
Repentant is allowed back into the community as bad act no longer makes him or her a bad person.
Restrospective interpretation
Warning to avoid deviant associates lest you be judged to be bad as well.
Courtesy stigma
Central traits of labeled person that blinds us to all other characteristics they might possess.
Secondary deviance
Reinterpreting past behavior to fit new deviant identity
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Explain briefly the typology of deviants that Gusfield uses to explain their role in the social order.

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For Frank Tannenbaum, the process of labeling or tagging someone contained the steps of:

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Labeling theory originated in the early 1980s.

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Describe the concept of shaming and how it relates to labeling.

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