Identify two criticisms of labeling theory.

What will be an ideal response?


Examples: Overly deterministic; tends to romanticize offenders; fails to account for acts which are universally considered “wrong”; pays inadequate attention to cause of primary deviance; implies labels are almost randomly applied; ignores individual differences in risk of offending

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A police union contract specifies the rights and privileges of employees and places restrictions on the political entity and police administrators

Indicate whether the statement is true or false.

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Correctional organizations have two related management subsystems

one that is concerned with managing inmates, the other with managing employees. Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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Not only should criminological research do no harm to subjects, but this research should also ______.

A. lead to prestige and status for the researcher B. result in financial gain for the researcher C. result in financial gain for research subjects D. be empowering and directly useful to research subjects

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By attempting to _______ the supply of illegal drugs, nations are focusing their efforts on the growers of the raw material

Fill in the blank(s) with correct word

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