... saying "Once a alcoholic, always an alcoholic," because it's saying that a person will hold true to his label. A labeling theorist definitely believes that a person once convicted of a crime, will hold his criminal label forever and will always be a suspicious person. It's interesting that although most arrests of most offenses are against white people, most suspicions are on black people. A labeling theorist might ... he didn't hit him. Finally, there was a reaction to T-Bone's actions. The police arrested him and put him in jail until a court trial could be set up. This was the sancti...

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