Legacy
Tannenbaum helped formulate legislation that established the Farm Security Administration.
His conception of the "Dramatization Of Evil" led to the further development of the symbolic interactionist labeling theory, widely used in both sociology and social psychology.
Summarizing this theory's impact, Kerry Townsend has stated, "Frank Tannenbaum’s theory, dramatization of evil, explains the making of a criminal and the lure of criminal behavior." Townsend places Tannenbaum's theoretical thought within the theory of “Symbolic Interactionism,” whose perspective emphasizes "individual levels of interaction, began to emerge spearheaded by the writings of George Herbert Mead and Charles Horton Cooley," which formed the basis of Societal Reaction theories of which Tannenbaum's form part.
Tannenbaum's theory remains important in criminology studies at universities including Florida State University, the University of Maryland
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“What is popularly called fame is nothing but an empty name and a legacy from paganism.”
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