Deviant Identity
Symbolic Interaction & the “Self”
2 Main assumptions:
–Self is social (developed in relation to others)
–Self is not fixed (changes over time)
Self Concept: composed of 3 elements
1. Identity
2. Image
3. Esteem
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Deviant Identity
Symbolic Interaction & the “Self”
2 Main assumptions:
- Self is social (developed in relation to others)
- Self is not fixed (changes over time)
Self Concept: composed of 3 elements
1. Identity
2. Image
3. Esteem
Deviant Identity
Self Identity
- Social location (or status) relative to others
- Status is one’s position or social location within certain context/institution
Remember that Status may be either:
- Ascribed
- Achieved
- Self identity is a composite of social statuses
Are all statuses/social locations of equal importance to you, others or across different social audiences?
- Master Status (Hughes)
Deviant Identity
What is the effect of being identified as a deviant in
the composite formation of one’s self concept?
Deviance must be understood as a social
location/status relative to other people making
judgments about that status.
Labeling and the development of deviant identity
Labeling & Deviant Identity
Labeling Theory of Deviance (Edwin Lemert;
Becker, 1963 – Ch. 7)
• Focus on identity, self, & how language
and social interaction affect your identity
and self-conception
• “Under the table” events (deviant/criminal
acts) are less consequential to self
• Negative Sanctioning (both formal and
informal punishment) ceremonies are
important status degradation events that
confer STIGMA
Labeling & Deviant Identity
• More on the Reaction of Social Audience
- Reactions may Normalize or Deviantize
- Deviantizing reactions result in successful conferral of criminal label, stigma & generally involve ostracism
• Secondary Deviance
- When a person is caught and the label has
been applied, s/he (re)organizes their
personality (identity/sense of self) around this
label and engages in further deviant acts
Labeling Theory: Basis for a Deviant Self-
Concept
Initial Deviant Act
Detection by the Agents of Social Control
Decision to Label
Creation of a New Identity
Acceptanc e of Labels
Deviance Amplification