NCJ Number
31569
Journal
CANADIAN JOURNAL OF CRIMINOLOGY AND CORRECTIONS Volume: 14 Issue: 4 Dated: (OCTOBER 1972) Pages: 391-408
Date Published
1972
Length
18 pages
Annotation
LABELLING THEORY EXAMINES THE IMPACT OF DISAPPROVAL ON THE SOCIAL ORGANIZATION OF A SET OF ACTIVITIES AND ON THE IDENTITIES OF THOSE WHO CONDUCT ACTIVITIES IN THE FACE OF DISAPPROVAL.
Abstract
IN THIS ARTICLE, THE AUTHOR ATTEMPTS TO CLARIFY AND DISCUSS THE TWO ESSENTIAL ELEMENTS OF THIS THEORY OF DEVIANT BEHAVIOR. OFFICIALLY ORGANIZED DISAPPROVAL, THE SOCIAL REACTION, IS DISTINGUISHED FROM INFORMAL SOCIAL DISAPPROVAL IN TERMS OF THE PROBLEMS IT RAISES FOR THOSE CONSIDERED DEVIANT AND THE MECHANISMS THAT LEAD TO SECONDARY DEVIATION, THE DEVELOPMENT OF DEVIANT IDENTITIES. 'SECRET DEVIANCE' IS CONCEPTUALIZED AS THE INDIRECT CONSEQUENCE (AND NOT STEMMING FROM THE LABELLING OF SPECIFIC INDIVIDUALS) OF A SYSTEM OF CONTROL OR DISAPPROVAL ON A SET OF ACTIVITIES. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT MODIFIED) --IN FRENCH, SUMMARY IN ENGLISH