Our assigned reading this week explains, labeling theory is “an interactionist perspective that sees continued crime as a consequence of limited opportunities for acceptable behavior that follow from the negative responses of society to those defined as offenders; also called social reaction theory (Schmalleger, 2012).” What I comprehend from this is when someone commits a crime they become labeled as a criminal. Unfortunately, this can be a detriment to this person and generally leads to them committing other crimes in the future. It is also said that by doing this criminals are looked at as outsiders and this negative response to them only makes them worse. (Schmalleger, 2012). An example of this would be some of the parents I work with
