CRIM 104 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Juvenile Delinquency, Herbert Blumer, Frank Tannenbaum
17 Oct 2017
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Communicate with each other through symbols: gestures, words, letters, picture, body language. George herbert mcad social psychology, u of chicago. Labeling theory connected to symbolic interactionism because of discussion about the development of identity, self-image and self-concept. Symbolic interactionists felt that favorable and unfavorable responses from others in society would contribute to development of positive or negative self-image. Events can have different meanings for different people with different experiences in different contexts or social situations. Meaning and the conception of self-arise through social interaction (meaning and our self-image are socially constructed) Labeling theory emerged in late 1950s and early 1960s. Growing concerns about racial discrimination, social inequality and civil rights. Emergence of diversion programs aimed at preventing juveniles from being stigmatized and being set on path of crime. Concern about the label juvenile delinquent / criminal becoming a self-fulfilling prophecy. The dramatization of evil; a tag being applied to identify child as delinquent.
