Boris Becker designer Barbara Feltus. On 18 January 1994, their son Noah Gabriel, named after Becker's friends Yannick Noah and Peter Gabriel, was born. Their second child, Elias Balthasar, was born on 4 September 1999. Before the marriage, they shocked some in Germany by posing nude for the cover of "Stern" in a picture taken by her father. After Becker asked Barbara for a separation in December 2000, she flew to Miami, Florida, with Noah and Elias and filed a divorce petition in Miami-Dade County Court, sidestepping their prenuptial agreement which had entitled her to a single $2.5 million payoff. Barbara left
Howard S. Becker Although no longer teaching full-time, Becker continues to write and record music. In 2004, "Un sociologue en liberté: Lecture d’Howard S. Becker" by French sociologist Alain Pessin was released in France. In the book, Pessin examines Becker's work and contributions to the field of sociology. Although Becker does not claim to be a deviancy specialist, his work on the subject is often cited by sociologists and criminologists studying deviance. Becker's 1963 book "Outsiders" is credited as one of the first books on labeling theory and its application to studies of deviance. Becker explored the theory in which deviance is simply