... and ultimate coercive power of the state.' (Box, S p.18, (1971))] It will matter a great deal is someone is defined as a certain kind of person. If you are labelled say, 'a drinker' you may think to yourself 'well do they mean that in a good or bad way', from your friends they may mean it in a joking kind of good way but others may find it (and you) offensive. 'Consequences will flow from naming, consequences that affect not only how one regards oneself and ones position in the world, but also how one may be treated by others. Naming creates a self.' (Rock, P as cited in The Oxford Handbook of Criminology, p71 (2002)) So this emphasises the idea that by giving someone a label as a deviant on a consistent and formal basis they may become that deviant. 'The person labelled as criminal internalizes that label and ...

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