Boris Becker on the exclusive Fisher Island, and custody of Noah and Elias. In February 2001, Becker acknowledged paternity of a daughter, Anna (born 22 March 2000), with Russian model Angela Ermakova. In October 2009, he confirmed media reports that the child was the result of a sexual encounter in 1999 at a London restaurant. The episode allegedly took place on the stairs at London's Nobu restaurant. He had been out drinking following losing a main draw singles match at the Wimbledon championships, in what had been a comeback to the venue of his greatest success. Becker initially denied paternity, but admitted
Howard S. Becker a social construction used to persuade the public to fear and criminalized certain groups. A compilation of early essays on the subject, "Outsiders" outlines Becker's theories of deviance through two deviant groups; marijuana users and dance musicians. In the book, Becker defines deviance as "not a quality of a bad person but the result of someone defining someone’s activity as bad." Becker is widely known for his work on drug culture, particularly his studies on marijuana use. Chapters three and four of "Outsiders," which were originally published in the "American Journal of Sociology" in 1953, examine how marijuana users come