CRITICAL ASSESSMENT OF LABELING (FROM PERCEPTION IN CRIMINOLOGY, 1975 BY RICHARD L HENSHEL AND ROBERT A SILVERMAN - SEE NCJ-32885)

• NCJ Number: 35431
• Author(s): E SCHUR
• Date Published: 1975
• Length: 18 pages
• Corporate Author: Columbia University Press
• Publication Format: Document
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

ANALYSIS OF THE LABELLING PROCESS AS ONE OF THE DYNAMIC PROCESSES OF SOCIAL INTERACTION SHAPING DEVIANCE.

Abstract

AN OPERATIONAL DEFINITION OF LABELLING IN TERMS OF DEVIANCE AND CONTROL PROCESSES IS DEVELOPED. THE CURRENT NARROW-SCOPE DEFINITION IS CRITICIZED.