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The labeling theory is derived from two main concepts. ... The labeling theory states that we should look at the interaction of the people who are assumed to be deviant and those who are not. ... The labeling theory also goes into great detail about who is being labeled and who is doing the labeling. It is said that the wealthy people and the people who hold power and status are the ones doing the labeling of those they find to be deviant. ... With labeling people there also come consequences. ... In many instances the labeling theory has been criticized. The main criticism being that the labeling theory doesn’t really explain how or why a person would become deviant in the first place. ...
The phenomenological theory is a new version of the labeling theory that includes the symbolic and the interaction of deviant actions and non deviant actions, but also offers more insight to why a person would actually become deviant in the first place.
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