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How Far Has the Work of Labelling Theorists and Interactionists Helped Us to Understand Why Some People Become Criminal and Others Do Not?
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... How Far Has the Work of Labelling Theorists and Interactionists Helped Us to Understand Why Some People Become Criminal and Others Do Not? Most sociologists ask what the causes of crime are and try to solve crime by preventing these causes, however, labelling and interaction theorists ask why some behaviour is labelled deviant while other behaviour is acceptable. Their arguments have been discussed below. Becker was one labelling theorist who wanted to find how behaviour was labelled deviant and then become criminal. Everyone in society is potentially a criminal as all commit deviant acts. These deviant acts only become criminal when caught and given a punishment. Becker's study of Football Hooliganism shows how a group can be labelled and then creates more deviant acts. Fights at football matches are not a normal thing, they are usually isolated incidents. However, these events can be focused on and escalated to seem like a real













