Labeling theory can also be used to explain Alex's behavior.

Affect control theory's computer program predicts the plausible re-identifications, thereby providing a formal model for labeling theory.

Labeling theory is a concept within Criminology that aims to explain deviant behavior from the social context rather than looking at the individual themselves.

In addition, Becker's 1963 book Outsiders provided the foundations for labeling theory.

Discrimination, in labeling theory, takes form as mental categorization of minorities and the use of stereotype.

Labeling theory is closely related to social-construction and symbolic-interaction analysis.

Labeling theory was developed by sociologists during the 1960s.

Labeling theory has been accused of promoting impractical policy implications, and criticized for failing to explain society's most serious offenses.

A number of authors adopted a modified, non-deviant, labeling theory.

Whether an idea is labeled a "law", "hypothesis", or "theory", it may still end up wrong or incomplete.