The symbolic interactionalist perspective on deviance differential association theory he was a sociologist of the symbolic interactionist school of thought and is best known for defining white collar crime and differential association a general theory of crime and delinquency. This highly successful reader presents the interactionist approach to the study of deviance examining deviance as a phenomenon that is constituted through social interpretations and the reactions of persons caught up in this social process. The symbolic interactionist perspective of sociology views society as a product of everyday social interactions of individuals symbolic interactionists also study how people use symbols to create meaning in reviewing deviance theorists look at how people in everyday situations define deviance which differs between cultures and settings. Deviance the interactionist perspective dec 13 2020 posted by john grisham media publishing text id 839ee600 online pdf ebook epub library 0205503713 a key aspect of the symbolic interactionist perspective of deviance is labeling theory first proposed by sociologist howard becker in the 1960s labeling theory