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The labeling perspective presents us with a whole new idea of crime.
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... "Deviance is not a quality of the act the person commits, but rather a consequence of the application by others of rules and sanctions to an offender. The deviant is one to whom that label has successfully been applied; deviant behaviour is behaviour that people so label." 1 The labeling perspective presents us with a whole new idea of crime. The approach is much more sociological and is concerned with the reaction of society towards certain behaviour. It tries to break away from the common sense approach in which we see crime legal rules which can not be broken. Becker presents us with the idea that this approach is completely subjective and that in some areas of society it is permitted to break these rules whilst in others it is deemed totally unacceptable. Labelling perspective focuses on the reaction of other people and the subsequent effects of those reactions which create














