Emory University Power of Labeling

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Supporting Lectures:

  • Social Process
  • White-Collar Crime
  • Classical Criminology
  • Positive Criminology

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  • Are labels ever desirable? What non-criminal labels might impact a person’s likelihood to commit crime?
  • Does labeling result from behavior or personal qualities? What might this have to do with immigration policies?
  • What are the strengths and weaknesses of sociological theories, such as differential association, anomie, and strain, in their ability to explain blue-collar and white-collar crimes? Do these theories better explain blue-collar crimes than white-collar crimes? Why?
  • It has been suggested that white-collar crimes are motivated by “classical” factors, while street crimes are primarily “positive” in nature. Explain why you agree or disagree with this statement.

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1. Are labels ever desirable? What non-criminal labels might impact a person’s likelihood
to commit crime?
Labels are never desirable. The labeling theory began in America in the 1960s, which is
used in comprehending criminal and deviant behavior. One of the primary assumptions of the
labeling theory is that no act or behavior is intrinsically criminal. This means that those in power
define criminal acts through laws that are interpreted by the courts and police, among others. The
labeling theory holds that certain behaviors or actions are referred to as deviant whenever the
society labels them as deviant. When an individual is negatively labeled, he or she is likely to
behave deviant according to the label made on him or her. The reason behind this is because
most people who are negatively labeled reject themselves and develop low-self esteem and
accept the label put on themselves. It turns to be difficult for this kind of person to change if the
label is not changed (Barrick, 2017). This has made labels undesirable and unpopular today
because negative labeling can change people to be criminals or to be involved in other immoral
acts that they are labeled with. There are both criminal labels and non-criminal labels that can
make an individual commit crime. Some of the tagged people in society include sex offenders,
criminals, and alcoholics, among others. Some of the non-criminal labels that are likely to impact
an individual to commit crime include those who have ever been in crime before, ne...


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