Klöcker, Weissenboeck & Rentmeister (2020) had stated that informal labels are applied to individuals by someone else without any professional and official authority for distinguishing between non-deviant and deviant behaviors. It is affected significantly about the non-criminal outcomes and findings are quite consistent with the labelling theory. It is applied to the individuals those have come into contact with the official label. Ikbal & Latuconsina (2021) had stated that formal labels are ascribed to the individuals by the individuals having formal status as well as abilities for discerning the deviant behavior. It, therefore, results in contacting with criminal judiciary system, which results in the record and also results of multiple systems. It is applied to the individuals those have come into contact with the correctional system with having authority for officially labelling individuals both adults juveniles as the deviants. As stated by Barmaki (2019), formal labels have ascribed to the individual by someone and the formal status and ability for discerning the deviant behavior. The types of labelling are formal and informal labels. In this research study, labelling theory followed by types of labelling, principles to labelling theory, stages of labelling theory and importance of labelling theory are discussed. The research aim is evaluating and analyzing Labelling theory. It is about controlling attachment of stigmatizing stereotypes to the particular groups and that results in labelling the behavior (Augustyn et al. The labelling theory comprises of special roles that helps in providing deviant behavior and that helps in expecting the postman and adhering certain rules and that includes both non-criminal and criminal activities. It is about positing self-identities as well as behavior of individuals those are being determined and influenced by terms those are used of describing and classification of the same. As opined by Argueta & Lonergan (2020), it is the sociology approach and people are provided labels on basis of others viewpoints of tendencies and behaviors. It is quite evident in and transmitting by mass media and also interactions between themselves. Sociologists agree with stigmatizing labels and it comprises of specified and negative perceptions and stereotypes those have been attached to label. This labelling theory has been associated with Becker’s work and that has been the reaction to the sociological theories and that helps in examining the characteristics of deviants. As stated by Alzubi, Nayyar & Kumar (2018), labelling theory is the approach in sociology of deviance, which focuses on diverse ways agents of social control get attached to stigmatizing stereotypes to diverse groups.
Labelling theory is defined as the way people identifies and behaves in ways those help reflecting the way others label them and is also associated with the crime sociology since labelling any person deviant unlawfully and that leads to poor conduction.
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