Consequences Of Labeling

The labeling theory basically categorize individuals who breaks the laws or commit crime. The purpose of the labeling is to cause social humiliation so the individual want commit the crime again. Labels are placed on individuals who commit crime to reduce repeat offenses. A person of prestige that has a high ranking social class is the individual that usually determines how labels are applied. Labeling theory can have a negative effect on the individual who is categorized, the individual is more likely to view them self as labeled. Therefore the individual may go through an identity crisis trying to find their true identity. Some theorist believed that the labeling theory is meant to prevent crime while others believe it encourages crime. When individual conforms to the social stigma he or she engages in deviant acts. Males are more likely to conform to the labels. The negative treatment from members within society can reduce an individual deviant behavior based on the fact that the individual does not want to be judge or mistreatment. This theory does not have a specific method to deter crime. However the form of punishment for the labeling theory is shaming the individual. Individuals who have a criminal label are often looked down on from members within society.it is hard for individual that has a criminal record to find a decent job. To rent a house one must complete a criminal background check. To attend school one must disclose their criminal history. An individual

Labelling – is a form of prejudice and discrimination. Can happen on basis of gender, ethnicity etc. People do label others to identify and differ groups of our community.

Labeling is not the right thing to do, but it is necessary in order for people to find out who they are. Labeling is necessary for people to make friendships. The basis of friendships are to find people that have the same ideologies and personality types as you do. This would not be as easy to identify if it wasn’t for society putting labels on people. Even though labeling isn’t right, people are accustomed and comfortable with it because it allows people to be in their comfort zone. Labeling people also gives people a sense of

Looking at the categorization of different peoples throughout history as well as the changes the labels they possess have gone through, as well as identifying labels used in a derogatory way today we can see that labels have

Unfortunately labeling, for the most part, is a negative action taken against groups of people who do not comply with societies unwritten rules. When a person is labeled it is usually because said person did something that was unusual, different, and/or out of the social norm. In schools across the United States there is some

Everyone has been given a label in their lifetime. They can be said in person, spread throught the school or posted online. But labels have a great impact on others, and can be extremely hurtful. The novel To Kill a Mockingbird has many characters who have been given labels, and the book shows how people are affected by them. The labels that are given to people can affect them in many ways.

All people are deviant. But how can anyone make such a claim? There are plenty of good people in this world, from saints to charities, there are progressive movements for the common good of humanity. The problem lies in that humanity in itself is naturally flawed with innate tendencies to stray away from what is right and give into temptation for what is wrong. Such wrongful acts are restricted by protective laws, and any infraction of these laws is identified as a crime. If a person commits a crime, they are departing from the social standards of laws and entering into the realm of deviance. However, if one demonstrates deviant behavior from social norms rather than concrete laws, then one can argue that not all deviant behavior is crime.

labeling someone as a deviant can have any major consequences for the individual who is labeled. some of those consequences are once a person who has been labeled may start to incorporate the stigma that goes along with it. this effort happens and can happen when a friend in high school is drinking underage and by being associated with that person can have yourself labeled as deviant even if you never commit a deviant act. other problems that come when labeled is being put into a certain category which people will treat you different, look at you different, and also think that you are going to commit other deviant acts which means they can not trust you, and you tend to lose respect in society.

Many people look at a person’s gender, age, race, and ethnicity to determine who they are. Yes, they all play a key role in who you are but there are other ways to identify yourself. Some examples would be your favorite song, movie, sport, and more. You can be identified by these individual things because you are able to relate to what is being portrayed from the song, movie, or sport. Sometimes you can easily be identified just by the type of song, movie, or sport. But there are many stereotypes that will simply just consider you as a type of person you are not by these as well. For instance, many people believe that if you are a boy you shouldn’t play with dolls, because they have a mindset that if a boy play with dolls he will be gay. The same thing goes for a girl if she was to play with action figures or race cars. I have not been judged by my favorite song, but I can only imagine what some people may think.

Seheff (1984) upheld this view by suggesting that stigmatising a person will often mean that a retrospective labelling takes place via the interpretation of someone’s past being consistent with their present and future self.

Every time you label someone, every time you write a name on someone’s forehead with permanent marker it stays there, forever. And forever is a really long time for a label that’s not true to be roaming in someone’s head. Past studies have shown that people act poorly when they are stereotyped and have difficulty making better decisions and tend to rely on unhealthy food. Even if people are not the label that we call them, they would slowly start to act like the stereotype therefore proving to us that they are the label when in fact that they aren’t. Labelling someone doesn’t only affect the way some people act, but it also affects how you act. It is said that when we are around the people that we have labelled most of our lives, we somehow start to act like them too. For example when we are around elder people, we consider them slow and fragile therefore making our movements slow

After reading the article or journal, I have to say that in my opinion, I somewhat agree and also have a reason to question the labeling theory. Yes, I agree that a crime worth being brought to the law enforcers would get an offender judged by criticizing whether in the court of law and within our society, but labeling to me sure make it sound more like one has been scientifically, psychological probed and stamped in a not so desirable way that could follow the person for the rest for the life. I’m not disputing the fact that some crimes are without a doubt qualified to be labeled; however, not all offenses should fall under the different arrays of umbrella of being labelled.

Deviant behavior is anything that falls out of what the general populous views as normal. When analyzing deviance it is important to understand that there are many forms of deviance, some deviant acts are viewed more extreme than others, therefore the punishment or sanctions that

In the story “Rosa” by Cynthia Ozick labels have a profound impact on the main character. Rosa, the main character, lived through concentration camps during the Second World War. Her experiences lead people to label her as a survivor, among other things, leading to her rejecting those titles. Although Rosa does not want to be categorized, she is constantly being assigned different labels. The fact that labels seem to be so important in the story suggests the author is trying to make a statement about society.

On the other hand this can sometimes be a negative perspective to a society. Sometimes the labeling perspective can lead to inaccurate judgment of a person. It is out of your control how another person labels you. Society may think that one thing is bad when another group in society doesn’t believe the action was a deviant one. For examples Batman was known to some people as a delinquent and known to others as a Hero because of the way he did things. He was good because he was known to killing “bad guys”. He was known as a delinquent to some because he was taking the authorities jobs and he didn't have the right to kill people that could have been innocent. It all depends on how you look at the situation or how you were involved in