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Showing 1 to 13 of 13 for “"Labeling Theory"”.
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The labeling theory: an empirical test
Proponents of labeling theory argue that the labels we use to identify things are not merely harmless words, but, in fact, shape and control experience to some degree. Others, such as W. E. B. Dubois, argued that names only identify things and if one changes a label by which a thing is identified …
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Examining the Contextual Effects of Racial Profiling, and the Long-Term Consequences of Punitive Interventions: Testing Labeling Theory with the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health Data
<p>The overrepresentation of minority youth in the juvenile justice system has been well documented. More research has, however, been needed on levels of discrimination, particularly on potential biases in the earliest point of contact, such as police decisions to stop and arrest young people. …
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Essays in the philosophy of psychiatry
… Although I do not offer any clear refutations of labeling theory or cultural relativism, I point out the serious disadvantages of holding either view. I argue that in the absence of compelling reasons to endorse either labeling theory or cultural relativism, we are within our rights to remain …
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Interactionist Labeling: A Structural Equation Model of Formal Labeling, Juvenile Delinquency, and Adult Criminality
<p>This dissertation critically reviews prior labeling theory research concerning juvenile delinquency and adult criminality, and presents a structural equation model utilizing the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health (Add Health). The labeling perspective is outlined as it was …
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Examining the Influence of Negative Labeling on Educational Aspirations
… is caused by internal and/or external forces. Labeling theory suggests it could be the negative labels placed upon youth that could inhibit future aspirations more so than the delinquent acts themselves. Using data from the National Youth Survey, this study examines the influence of negative …
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The Graduation Pipeline: Investigating the Effects of Juvenile Justice System Contact on High School Graduation Rates
… projections from juvenile system exposure. Labeling theory has been used to determine poor educational outcomes, but little work has been done to directly gauge why contact affects the graduating for system-involved students. Further, concepts of strain theory have yet to be sufficiently …
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A Theory of Misdiagnosis: A Qualitative Analysis of the Diagnosis Journey for an Ambiguous, Visible Disease With Stigmatizing Symptoms
… Using theories from social construction, labeling theory, social support, and health care utilization, three broad research questions are answered: 1) How do patients recognize a diagnostic error? 2) How do patients challenge an incorrect diagnostic label? and 3) What are the consequences …
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The Construction of Victimhood in Human Trafficking Intervention Courts
… theories regarding interpretivism, victimology, labeling theory, social constructionism, feminist institutionalism and criminology, carceral feminism and protectionism and standpoint theory, and I employed multiple methods of qualitative data collection in New York, NY, Columbus, OH, and …
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The effects of labeling on self-esteem, self-description, and behavior
… of the study was to assess the effects that labeling a person has on his/her self-esteem, self description and behavior. Two conditions of labeling were studied: the valence of the label (positive vs. negative) and the focus of the label (personality vs. behaviorally focused label).Ten …
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Interprofessional Collaboration Between Criminal Justice And Mental Health Practitioners Regarding Mentally Ill Offenders: Perception of Collaboration
… and criminal justice agencies lie partly in labeling theory and the drive to avoid the negative stigmatization of the mentally ill by the formal criminal justice system. A second theoretical foundation is found in developmental theories, which seek to explain the development of organizational …
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Mentoring and its Effect on the Life Chances and Experiences of Children in Group Homes
Mentoring relationships can be defined as an interaction between a less experienced individual, called a mentee or protégé, and a more experienced individual known as a mentor. The relationship that the mentee and the mentor establish is one that provides influential and emotional support. …