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  2. Labeling theory - Wikipedia

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    Labeling theory was developed by sociologists during the 1960s. Howard Saul Becker's book Outsiders was extremely influential in the development of this theory and its rise to popularity. Labeling theory is also connected to other fields besides crime. For instance there is the labeling theory that corresponds to homosexuality. Alfred Kinsey ...

  3. Labelling - Wikipedia

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    Labelling or using a label is describing someone or something in a word or short phrase. [1] For example, the label "criminal" may be used to describe someone who has broken a law. Labelling theory is a theory in sociology which ascribes labelling of people to control and identification of deviant behaviour.

  4. Label (sociology) - Wikipedia

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    Labeling theory is a sociological theory that claims labels have a profound impact on individuals. Labeling theory is closely connected with criminology, and examines conceptualizations of deviance. While labeling theory is not singularly focused on the study of crime, it uses "deviance" and "the criminal" to explain the effect of labels. [2]

  5. Howard S. Becker - Wikipedia

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    Labeling theory is based on the idea that a social deviant is not an inherently deviant individual, rather they become deviant because they are labeled as such. [18] In the first chapter of Outsiders, Becker explains: ... social groups create deviance by making rules whose infraction creates deviance, and by applying those roles to particular ...

  6. Primary deviance - Wikipedia

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    The labeling theory is a variant of symbolic interactionism. Symbolic interactionism is "a theoretical approach in sociology developed by George Herbert Mead. It emphasizes the roles of symbols and language as core elements of human interaction. [8] Labeling theory according, to labeling theorists, is applied by those put in place to keep law ...

  7. Graph labeling - Wikipedia

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    In the mathematical discipline of graph theory, a graph labeling is the assignment of labels, traditionally represented by integers, to edges and/or vertices of a graph. [1] Formally, given a graph G = (V, E), a vertex labeling is a function of V to a set of labels; a graph with such a function defined is called a vertex-labeled graph.

  8. Sociological theory - Wikipedia

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    The essential notion of labeling theory is that deviance and conformity result not so much from what people do as from how others respond to these actions. [1]: 203 It also states that a society's reaction to specific behaviors are a major determinant of how a person may come to adopt a "deviant" label.

  9. Category:Labeling theory - Wikipedia

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