Essay On Labeling Theory
There are many theories that are very crucial in our court system. The labeling theory was developed by sociologists during the 1960s. Labeling theory is one of the most important ones in order to understand criminal behavior. This theory takes a view that when a person is labeled as a criminal, they start to accept their label and change their identity. The Labelling theory is mainly focus on the the groups or individuals who are deemed to be criminals, because that's what the society labelled them as. This theory relates to a criminal justice policy called stop and frisk. This policy was created in a way of stopping crime by detaining and asking questions to pedestrians if they look suspicious or are doing something that they should not
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be doing. The broke window theory was the foundation for stop and frisk. If there was a window that was damaged it could lead for the whole building to fall. The police with this policy could stop people on the street and search them for anything illegal as long as there is suspicion on the person. Stop and frisk was originally created to deter crime and keep the society safe. What this policy does is it allows the officers in New York City to stop normal pedestrians and search them for weapons, drugs, and other things that could be dangerous for the community. These pursuits are regularly unsuccessful on getting the criminals, and instead this policy is going against the 4th Amendment. Regarding the Bill of Rights the 4th Amendment is what gives us the citizens the right to be safe and secure in our personal space and also it protects us against any unreasonable searches without any documentation or probable cause. The Fourth Amendment has no power in the City of New York with the stop and frisk program. Many people would tend to say that the stop and frisk policy can help indeed deterrence crime, but almost all the searches and stops are ineffective. A study done by the New York Common Freedoms Union in light of information gave by the NYPD demonstrates that there were a recorded 179,063 stop-and-search looks in the primary quarter of 2013. Out of those individuals, 89% of them were just unreasonably searched. These kind of people that get stoped are the minorities. There are many cases where the officers just label a suspect as a criminal and search them with no cause. “ Men living in highly policed neighborhoods, especially men of color, indicate high levels of worry and anticipation caused by the possibly of being stopped by the police at any time, as well as anger, frustration, and resentment caused by the perception that police unfairly target them” ( Anderson, 1990). The stop and frisk program upsets the public as is used as a discrimination against the minorities. The main reason for this policy was to prevent crime and find the criminals, but instead it's affecting the people and their privacy.
Labeling theory is a form of deviance to witch being labeled as a criminal can lead to a person to become a criminal.
A normal teenager could be living in an urban areas where there is known to be gangs, the teenager would be labeled as a gang member. This theory is connected to the policy stop and frisk. They both go together, whenever there is a person walking in a urban street, the officers would assume that he is up to no good. The officers would just label the person as a criminal and apply the policy stop and frisk. They have no prove that this person is a criminal or is doing something wrong, the officers would just go by how the person looks and their race. There is a higher chance that a black or hispanic person would get stopped instead of a white person. Racial profiling plays a big part, black and latino man are highly disproportionately stopped just because they are labeled as criminals. A person knowing that blacks and hispanics are bad and that's almost our whole prison population could indeed start to believe that their race are meant to be criminals. Officers should not stop a person just by looking at the heritage. They need a cause to stop them and not just label them as criminals just by what their color of their skin is. The officers believe that hispanics and black are mostly involved with gangs and drugs, but not all of them
are.
The stop and frisk policy is not the best way to lower crime rates by stopping normal people on the street. Not only its a violation to the 4th amendment but its mainly the privacy of the society. Officers should not be choosing who to stop and search just if they look suspicious. In order to stop someone they need a cause and if they are going to search him they would need proper documentation as well. This policy is just not right, the officers are labeling the black people and the policy are turning into the bad guys. When in this country where being anywhere close to a police officer could potentially be a deadly situation for a black person. Police violence is everywhere on the news and shows how the people are being labeled as the good high class and the poor low class. There is no alternative theory that could be address in this problem. This policy just needs to be gone and people should only be stopped if there is a cause and not if they look suspicious. Many people tend to look suspicious , but that does not mean that they are criminals or about to do something bad.
The Labeling theory plays a big part on the stop and frisk policy. The pursuits are regularly unsuccessful on getting the criminals, because they are profiling the people and labeling as criminals. They are just normal people walking down the street, and being stopped for no reason. Not only does this violates the amendments and out privacy rights, but makes the citizens uncomfortable instead of feeling safe around police officers. Labeling a person by their heritage or skin color to stop them and search them should not be a thing in society. People need their privacy and even tho they might look suspicious, they still need a cause to stop them and also proper documentation to even search them. This policy did not stop the increase of crime, it only increased the fear of the society specially for the minorities that were being affected by these policy.
be doing. The broke window theory was the foundation for stop and frisk. If there was a window that was damaged it could lead for the whole building to fall. The police with this policy could stop people on the street and search them for anything illegal as long as there is suspicion on the person. Stop and frisk was originally created to deter crime and keep the society safe. What this policy does is it allows the officers in New York City to stop normal pedestrians and search them for weapons, drugs, and other things that could be dangerous for the community. These pursuits are regularly unsuccessful on getting the criminals, and instead this policy is going against the 4th Amendment. Regarding the Bill of Rights the 4th Amendment is what gives us the citizens the right to be safe and secure in our personal space and also it protects us against any unreasonable searches without any documentation or probable cause. The Fourth Amendment has no power in the City of New York with the stop and frisk program. Many people would tend to say that the stop and frisk policy can help indeed deterrence crime, but almost all the searches and stops are ineffective. A study done by the New York Common Freedoms Union in light of information gave by the NYPD demonstrates that there were a recorded 179,063 stop-and-search looks in the primary quarter of 2013. Out of those individuals, 89% of them were just unreasonably searched. These kind of people that get stoped are the minorities. There are many cases where the officers just label a suspect as a criminal and search them with no cause. “ Men living in highly policed neighborhoods, especially men of color, indicate high levels of worry and anticipation caused by the possibly of being stopped by the police at any time, as well as anger, frustration, and resentment caused by the perception that police unfairly target them” ( Anderson, 1990). The stop and frisk program upsets the public as is used as a discrimination against the minorities. The main reason for this policy was to prevent crime and find the criminals, but instead it's affecting the people and their privacy.
Labeling theory is a form of deviance to witch being labeled as a criminal can lead to a person to become a criminal.
A normal teenager could be living in an urban areas where there is known to be gangs, the teenager would be labeled as a gang member. This theory is connected to the policy stop and frisk. They both go together, whenever there is a person walking in a urban street, the officers would assume that he is up to no good. The officers would just label the person as a criminal and apply the policy stop and frisk. They have no prove that this person is a criminal or is doing something wrong, the officers would just go by how the person looks and their race. There is a higher chance that a black or hispanic person would get stopped instead of a white person. Racial profiling plays a big part, black and latino man are highly disproportionately stopped just because they are labeled as criminals. A person knowing that blacks and hispanics are bad and that's almost our whole prison population could indeed start to believe that their race are meant to be criminals. Officers should not stop a person just by looking at the heritage. They need a cause to stop them and not just label them as criminals just by what their color of their skin is. The officers believe that hispanics and black are mostly involved with gangs and drugs, but not all of them
are.
The stop and frisk policy is not the best way to lower crime rates by stopping normal people on the street. Not only its a violation to the 4th amendment but its mainly the privacy of the society. Officers should not be choosing who to stop and search just if they look suspicious. In order to stop someone they need a cause and if they are going to search him they would need proper documentation as well. This policy is just not right, the officers are labeling the black people and the policy are turning into the bad guys. When in this country where being anywhere close to a police officer could potentially be a deadly situation for a black person. Police violence is everywhere on the news and shows how the people are being labeled as the good high class and the poor low class. There is no alternative theory that could be address in this problem. This policy just needs to be gone and people should only be stopped if there is a cause and not if they look suspicious. Many people tend to look suspicious , but that does not mean that they are criminals or about to do something bad.
The Labeling theory plays a big part on the stop and frisk policy. The pursuits are regularly unsuccessful on getting the criminals, because they are profiling the people and labeling as criminals. They are just normal people walking down the street, and being stopped for no reason. Not only does this violates the amendments and out privacy rights, but makes the citizens uncomfortable instead of feeling safe around police officers. Labeling a person by their heritage or skin color to stop them and search them should not be a thing in society. People need their privacy and even tho they might look suspicious, they still need a cause to stop them and also proper documentation to even search them. This policy did not stop the increase of crime, it only increased the fear of the society specially for the minorities that were being affected by these policy.