Scheff
Proper noun
Meaning
Scheff (plural Scheffs)
A surname.
Examples
American sociologist Thomas Scheff applied labeling theory to psychiatry in 1966 in "Being Mentally Ill".
Kalli Scheff was thrown out at home in a first-and-third situation when the throw went to shortstop Ansley Evans, who got the ball quickly back to the catcher for the out.
Greg Scheff, co-owner of R&M engineering, passed away in a plane crash in early 2016.
Scheff argued that society views certain actions as deviant and, in order to come to terms with and understand these actions, often places the label of mental illness on those who exhibit them.