Identify the various criticisms of labeling theory, and explain why it experienced a resurgence in the 1980s and 1990s
What will be an ideal response?
The answer should include the following points:
- exaggerated role of labeling
- failure to answer several critical questions:
- Are the conceptions that we hold of one another (as conformist or deviant) actually correct?
- Whose label really counts?
- When is personal identity changed by the labeling process, and by whose stigmatizing effort is it altered?
- Does a bad name cause bad action?
- Is the social response to crime generated more by the fact of the crime or by the legally irrelevant social characteristics of the offender?
- If official labels are so important, why do so many youths mature out of delinquency during their later adolescent years?
Criminal Justice
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What will be an ideal response?
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What will be an ideal response?
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