Borrowing From The Labeling Theory Of Deviant Behavior

New deviancy theory emerged in the 1960s and early 1970s. It was primarily a radical response to positivist domination of criminology (that crime is the result of individual, physical, and social conditions).

Teens who have found it hard to deal with authority, emotions, and or puberty have found it easier to kill rather than to seek help. Some have thoughts of caring out these deviant acts at an early age. When medication is mixed with the feelings that puberty bring there is a mixture for disaster. Sometimes psychological mishaps lead to problematic circumstances making it harder for teens to deal with these complications. Teens also who are ridiculed daily by classmates, peers, and even adults found themselves hopeless and sought out murder or suicide sometimes a combination of both. Those teens who are made fun of daily by everyone they cross may feel as though they will be made fun of further after searching for help. So they tend to hold in all the feelings and bottle the emotions making them go to darker places and possibly looking for revenge for those who put them down. Sometimes these individuals that do the harm don’t notice the demolition of a person’s character. That just one person could make a difference in the downward spiral of the life a stake. In many cases all it ever takes is for one person to morally treat another person right and it could change the person who is suffering’s life. “Lanza used to be a mild-mannered student in high school, making the honor roll, and living with his mother, Nancy Lanza, who in turn loved playing dice games and decorating their upscale home for the holidays. A student in his tenth grade Honors English class recalled he was

The Three Main Theories of Deviance and Their Strengths and Weaknesses A functionalist analysis of deviance looks for the source of deviance in the nature of society rather than in the biological or psychological nature of the individual. Although functionalists agree that social control mechanisms such as the police and the courts are necessary to keep deviance in check, many argue that a certain amount of deviance can contribute to the well-being of society. Durkhiem (1895) believed that: * Crime is an 'integral part of all healthy societies'.

Using material from Item A and elsewhere assess the view that crime and deviance are the product of labelling processes.

Everyone in today's society has participated in forms of deviant behavior whether they're aware of it or not! Deviant behavior refers to violations of social norms. Norms are behavioral codes or prescriptions that guide people into actions and self-presentations conforming to social acceptability. American sociologists, William Sumner (1907) formed three types of norms: folkways, mores, and laws. The behavior I partaken in is considered to be Mores. Mores is based on norms that would generate social condemnation. Individuals who usually violate mores may be considered wicked or bad and potentially harmful to society. To a certain extent some acts would be considered deviant depending on who commits the act or who feels they have been harmed

Labeling is when a name is put on a specific person or group because of ethnicity, religion, culture, social class, past criminal activity etc. It is an assumption that society puts on certain individuals because of the labelers opinions. These assumptions then become a stereotype. This causes others to have a narrow view of certain humans. It is a way of distinguishing and categorizing people in forms of prejudice and discrimination.

Labeling a person as deviant was first pronounced by George Herbert Mead in the early 1900s when he examined the criminal justice system from a social reactions perspective (1918), and shortly thereafter by Tannenbaum (1938), who described deviant labeling as ‘‘tagging,’’ (the outcome of society’s reaction to deviant behavior), which then evokes in the deviant a refusal to submit to society members’ ‘‘dramatization of evil’’ (1938). Once the person was labeled and viewed as a criminal, this label sent a message to others that this person was no longer an ‘‘insider,’’ but an ‘‘outsider,’’ who was to be cut off from society (Mead, 1918; Becker, 1963). This process led to the permanent stigmatization of a deviant, and created a sudden shift and reorientation towards a spoiled identity that affected them internally and externally (Goffman, 1963; R. Jones, 2003).

Social deviance: is considered a behavior that goes against social norms for example: Murder. Take away the life of some else is unacceptable to society and is something that if committed that person will serve time in prison. However there some behavior considered deviant for any individual in society and but not for others, such as having tattoos’: some society disqualifies a person for any job or considered a person with visible tattoo’s an as delinquent. United States is one of the country where open mind society in comparison with countries such as Turkey that have a legal ban for tattoo’s.

I think all the theories that are talked about in the chapter have very good points, but the one theory that I think is most useful for understanding criminal behavior is the labeling theory. The labeling theory states that people identity and behavior is determined or influenced by things used to describe or classify them. I feel like a lot of people are quick to just slap labels on people without even trying to get to know a person. I think if a person is labeled as a criminal, he or she will start thinking that they really are a criminal and eventually start doing criminal things.

In this essay, the comparison between and contrast between strain theory and labelling theory. The essay will start with the key features of each theory and then it will go into the main comparison of the two theories. It will go into to detail on the similarities and differences between the two theories. Strain theory is the theory developed in 1938 by Robert K Merton. It’s the theory that society puts pressure on people to achieve socially accepted goals. Labelling theory is the theory that the public act in the way that society has labelled them, which gives negative connotations towards that person. Both the theories, judge crime on the type of people and how they have been deemed, both theories try to explain crime from social perspectives.

One current even from the news that I am going to discuss regarding deviant behavior is last week’s shooting of the news crew in Roanoke, Virginia. I chose this for several different reasons. This happened close to where I live, my husband was one of many Special Agents who responded to this, and it is something that I am sure most of you all have heard about.

In sociology, term deviant behavior is any behavior that violates social norms. Relations impart norms that are manners, expectation, and rules. However, studies show these norms are created and alter over time may change. Deviant acts are counteracted in to two groups: formal and informal. Formal deviance could be a criminal act by the law (such as: rape, murder or burning down a house), whereas social norms are informal deviance such as (traffic violation or dressing in gothic.)

There is significant value in continuing research sex and gender differences in psychology, as substantial differences in particular psychological processes exist. Perhaps the most impactful area that psychologists can continue to study sex and gender differences is in psychopathologies and deviant behavior. This is for two reasons: because significant sex and gender differences exist in the manifestation, diagnosis, and treatment of certain psychopathologies and deviant behavior; and that this category has widespread and significant impacts on society. The study of psychopathologies through a sex differential lens can vastly change the way in which they are understood, diagnosed and treated. As gender and sex differences can be overstated, leading to misconceptions, psychologists must find a balance between searching for differences and recognizing that the wide overlap that exists between men and women, males and females. Investing psychopathologies and deviant behavior without keeping this in mind does a disservice to individuals and society alike.

Deviance is a functional element of society because it adjusts people to social change. It is as if though deviance is automatically transmitted to others. For example when violating rules such as not using a car seat, forgetting to put on the seat belt, or driving above speed limit. We get used to these violations because we see them in our daily basis. Deviant acts start to become more acceptable to society and that’s how these things don’t seem unusual anymore to the public. It is deviant behavior that shows us what is right from wrong and determines who we choose to be. Something that is still considered to be unacceptable or criminal is human trafficking. Human trafficking in many cases involves violence, exploitation, and sexual assault.

The Deviant Process invites the engagement of the people needing change to be active participants in the process, the identification of positive deviants who have succeeded compared with others who have not, and the collaboration with specific groups and communities to help pinpoint what the positive deviants do differently. The role of the positive deviants, then, would be to facilitate and guides the entire community’s understanding of how they can adopt such successful practices, themselves. The Positive Deviance process is essential in that it helps to identify the behaviors and strategies that help to overcome insurmountable problems that were thought to have no solutions. One example is the childhood malnutrition in Vietnam that was