Updating Labelling Theory: Normalizing but not Enabling

In modern societies we often make judgements of certain kinds of behaviour that are virtually automatic: delusions show that one is crazy, wrong answers show that one is ignorant, and so on. The theory of labelling/normalization suggests caution in making these judgements because of the effect they...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Thomas Scheff
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Scandinavian University Press/Universitetsforlaget 2017-04-01
Series:Nordic Journal of Social Research
Online Access:https://journals.hioa.no/index.php/njsr/article/view/2044