@inbook{47718274ca88403ab761aaff4327934c,
title = "Labelling and Symbolic Interactionism",
abstract = "Labelling is one of the most simply, yet powerful, perspectives in criminology. The early work on labelling changed the direction of criminology by shifting the analytical gaze from questions of why people commit crime, to ask: why are some people defined deviant, how can labels influence individual and group behaviour and are people deviant because they break rules or because of how others react to them and/or their actions? The chapter begins with a discussion of symbolic interactions, before exploring the foundational work of Frank Tannenbaum, Edwin Lemert and Howard Becker. The chapter concludes with a discussion of how these insights have informed Irish criminological studies and criminal justice practice.",
author = "James Windle and Orla Lynch and Kevin Sweeney and Maggie O{\textquoteright}Neill and Fiona Donson and James Cuffe",
year = "2022",
month = aug,
doi = "10.4324/9781003044284-14",
language = "English (Ireland)",
series = "Criminology, Crime and Justice in Ireland",
publisher = "Routledge",
pages = "142--148",
booktitle = "Criminology, Crime and Justice in Ireland",
address = "United Kingdom",
}