CRM 1300 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Gambling, Differential Association, Symbolic Interactionism
9 Nov 2016
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People act toward the human and nonhuman objects in their lives according to the meanings that those objects have for them. The meaning of those objects for each individual emerges from interactions between him and her and other people = social transactions . The meanings of objects change depending on the situation and context: meaning = reality + individual interpretation in context: very micro, focusing on interpretive meaning, structure and power comes into this. Labelling theory: interactionist theory in criminology helps to explain: (1) the establishment of moral rules; (2) their application through labelling; (3) the long-term consequences of these two processes for deviants and for society. Micro and (critical) consensualist theory (sometimes straddling the conflict line) Howard s. becker: outsiders (marijuana smoking: study act to reaction. Deviance is not a quality of the act but of the label that others attach to the act.
