Questions about the Labelling and Reaction poster

What’s on the Labelling and Reaction poster?

5 numbered steps. Becker and Lemert: deviance as a status conferred, not only an act. Primary deviance — An act occurs. Many people offend once and are never processed for…; Social reaction — Others respond. Who gets noticed is patterned rather than random.; Labelling — A status is applied and begins to override other identities.; Exclusion — Work, housing and relationships narrow around the label.; Secondary deviance — Offending organised around the new status, not the original act.. Educational reference. Evidence for labelling effects is strongest for formal justice contact during adolescence.

Who is the Labelling and Reaction poster for?

Labelling and Reaction belongs to the Criminal Justice section rather than to a school year, because law & society is not something one grade owns. Anyone learning criminological theory can pin it up — a beginner, a student mid-course, or someone revising years later.

When should you use the Labelling and Reaction poster?

Use it when weighing the cost of formal processing against its benefit. A wall chart earns its place by being glanceable from where the work is happening, so Labelling and Reaction belongs on the wall where that law & society work actually happens, within glancing distance, rather than filed away.

What other posters go with Labelling and Reaction?

The Classical School, Control Theories and Crime Concentrates sit alongside Labelling and Reaction in the Criminal Justice section. Printed together they make a wall rather than a single sheet, which is how a reference set actually gets used.The Classical SchoolControl TheoriesCrime Concentrates

Is the Labelling and Reaction poster free to download and print?

Yes. Labelling and Reaction downloads as a free PDF with no account, no email and no watermark, like everything else in the Criminal Justice section. Print as many copies as you like for a home, a classroom, a library or a tutoring group; reselling the file is the only thing the licence rules out.Read the licence

What size does the Labelling and Reaction poster print at?

Labelling and Reaction is a vector PDF laid out for US Letter, and prints on A4 with Fit to page — the same file, no separate download. Because every mark on it is drawn rather than photographed, it stays sharp enlarged to A3, A2 or A1 at a copy shop. Colour carries emphasis only, so a greyscale print of Labelling and Reaction loses nothing.Printing guide