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What contribution has Labelling Theory made to our understanding of crime and deviancy and what are the policy implications of
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... What contribution has Labelling Theory made to our understanding of crime and deviancy and what are the policy implications of its argument? We can call a label, or define it as; a mark, name, or even badge. Something is only deviant, or becomes deviant because someone has been successful in labelling it as, deviancy is ambiguous, definitions differ from society to society or even culture to culture. Calling something deviant is a reaction to a type of behaviour. The labelling theory is very complex, it asks why some people committing crimes are named deviant but others are not. Labelling theorists believe when you label offenders as criminals, yobs, this has negative consequences, deepening and worsening the criminal behaviour. There are many labelling theorists. Lemet (1951) said to be the founder of original labelling theory or ''societal reaction'' approach, distinguishes between primary and secondary deviance, whereas another theorist Becker (1963) among many who has contributed to our understanding














