ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
The completion of this Internal Assessment would not have been possible without the help of the Almighty God, who gave me the strength and health to complete the assignment. Also my family and friends played a major role in assisting me in obtaining the necessary research data for the project. And last but definitely not the least my wonderful sociology teacher Mrs. Candice Pooran, who aided her students’ with well prepared tutorials and guided us every step of the way. I am extremely thankful.

STATEMENT OF PROBLEM/INTRODUCTION
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This study is based on the labeling theory which was created and developed by Frank Tannenbaum and Howard S. Becker; in this research we will look at “the extent to which labels or stigmas negatively impacts on juvenile behavior in Secondary Schools in Sangre Grande”. According to Sociology Themes and Perspectives; labeling is a process of social reaction by the “social audience,” (stereotyping) the people in society, judging and accordingly defining (labeling) someone’s behavior as deviant or otherwise. Labeling theory, consequently, suggests that deviance is caused by the deviant’s behaviour being labeled as morally inferior, the deviants internalizing the label and finally the deviant’s acts in accordance to that specific label. In other words it can be said that the social audience is responsible for forming positive sanctions [reward] or negative sanctions [punishment] whereby creating or diminishing deviants in society.
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AIM OF THE INTERNAL ASSESSMENT

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As students acquire labels such as ‘delinquents’, and ‘vandals’, and are subsequently rejected by peers, colleagues, and family, members; they may be under heavy scrutiny or stigmatized and are often suspended or expelled from schools or forced into the juvenile penal systems resulting in the individuals becoming worst off than