Question

Outline three criticisms of the labelling theory of crime and deviance

Answer 1

Answer:

The answer is below

Explanation:

Labeling theory of crime and deviance is a form of social theory that concluded that people behave defiantly according to the label at which they were given.

For example, if someone is called a by a popular thug name, such a person would start behaving like that particular thug.

There are criticisms of the labeling theory of crime and deviance, some of which are:

1. It does not clarify the main deviance or the reason people take offense in the first place which arises before they have been labeled

2. It suggests that deviants have no knowledge of their offense until they are labeled, but most know they are disobeying institutional standards

3. It does not clarify the source of labels. For example common practices and traditions system or capitalism principles.