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187).Therefore it is possible to say labelling theory has long lasting effects on individuals once they are labelled and the effects of it can be seen in change of personality/ identity.
A study that was conducted by researchers in Rochester, New York, America on 1000 urban adolescents aged 14 were followed into their early adult hood years. The researcher’s main aim was to examine and outline the effects of labelling theory. The findings reinforces the concept that labelling theory has lasting effects on individuals and that it encourages a shift in identity and it initiates new criminal categories/ groups forming(Lopes and Krohn et al., 2012, pp. 465-466) because individuals that have been labelled seek others that are like them, to gain support and eventually they form …show more content…
It blocks opportunities to those with deviant labels not allowing them to get a education, a job or to establish themselves as a part of the community or society and generally the society isn’t accepting of them. With all these obstacles set in place the individual start o affiliate with other people that share the same or similar label as them self and they continue to form groups and their own communities. They continue to participate in law breaking activities as it is the norm in the criminal category that is created and because it is the only means of one gaining financial …show more content…
K. and Burke, P. J. 2011. Does Incarceration Change the Criminal Identity? A Synthesis of Labelling and Identity Theory Perspectives on Identity Change. Sociological Perspectives, 54 (2), pp. 163-182.
Ferrell, J., Hayward, K. J. and Young, J. 2008. Cultural criminology. Los Angeles: SAGE.
Gunnar Bernburg, J. 2009. Labelling Theory. In: Hall, G. P., Krohn, M. D., Krohn-Lizotte-Hall, .. and Lizotte, A. J. eds. 2009.Handbook on Crime and Deviance. Texas: Springer, p. 187.
Gunnar Bernburg,, J., D. Krohn, M. and J. Rivera, C. 2014. Official Labelling, Criminal Embeddedness, and Subsequent Delinquency A Longitudinal Test of Labelling Theory. Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency, 51 (1), pp. 69-71.
Hayes, T. A. 2010. Labelling and the Adoption of a Deviant Status. Deviant Behaviour, 31 (3), pp. 282-297.
Lopes, G., Krohn, M. D., Lizotte, A. J., Schmidt, N. M., V'Asquez, B. E. and Bernburg, J. G. 2012. Labelling and cumulative disadvantage the impact of formal police intervention on life chances and crime during emerging adulthood. Crime & Delinquency, 58 (3), pp. 457 - 478
Paternoster, R. and Iovanni, L. 1996. The Labelling Perspective and Delinquency: An Elaboration of the Theory and Assessment of the Evidence. In: Cordella, P. and Siege, L. eds. 1996. Readings in Contemporary Criminological Theory. Pennsylvania: The Maple Press Company, p.
A study that was conducted by researchers in Rochester, New York, America on 1000 urban adolescents aged 14 were followed into their early adult hood years. The researcher’s main aim was to examine and outline the effects of labelling theory. The findings reinforces the concept that labelling theory has lasting effects on individuals and that it encourages a shift in identity and it initiates new criminal categories/ groups forming(Lopes and Krohn et al., 2012, pp. 465-466) because individuals that have been labelled seek others that are like them, to gain support and eventually they form …show more content…
It blocks opportunities to those with deviant labels not allowing them to get a education, a job or to establish themselves as a part of the community or society and generally the society isn’t accepting of them. With all these obstacles set in place the individual start o affiliate with other people that share the same or similar label as them self and they continue to form groups and their own communities. They continue to participate in law breaking activities as it is the norm in the criminal category that is created and because it is the only means of one gaining financial …show more content…
K. and Burke, P. J. 2011. Does Incarceration Change the Criminal Identity? A Synthesis of Labelling and Identity Theory Perspectives on Identity Change. Sociological Perspectives, 54 (2), pp. 163-182.
Ferrell, J., Hayward, K. J. and Young, J. 2008. Cultural criminology. Los Angeles: SAGE.
Gunnar Bernburg, J. 2009. Labelling Theory. In: Hall, G. P., Krohn, M. D., Krohn-Lizotte-Hall, .. and Lizotte, A. J. eds. 2009.Handbook on Crime and Deviance. Texas: Springer, p. 187.
Gunnar Bernburg,, J., D. Krohn, M. and J. Rivera, C. 2014. Official Labelling, Criminal Embeddedness, and Subsequent Delinquency A Longitudinal Test of Labelling Theory. Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency, 51 (1), pp. 69-71.
Hayes, T. A. 2010. Labelling and the Adoption of a Deviant Status. Deviant Behaviour, 31 (3), pp. 282-297.
Lopes, G., Krohn, M. D., Lizotte, A. J., Schmidt, N. M., V'Asquez, B. E. and Bernburg, J. G. 2012. Labelling and cumulative disadvantage the impact of formal police intervention on life chances and crime during emerging adulthood. Crime & Delinquency, 58 (3), pp. 457 - 478
Paternoster, R. and Iovanni, L. 1996. The Labelling Perspective and Delinquency: An Elaboration of the Theory and Assessment of the Evidence. In: Cordella, P. and Siege, L. eds. 1996. Readings in Contemporary Criminological Theory. Pennsylvania: The Maple Press Company, p.