Author Question: In recent years, there has been a growing trend toward: a. treating more types of deviance as ... (Read 72 times)

humphriesbr@me.com · **on:** Jul 1, 2018

In recent years, there has been a growing trend toward:

a. treating more types of deviance as legal infractions.
b. treating more types of deviance as diseases.
c. allowing fewer types of deviants to successfully claim the sick role.
d. demedicalization.

Question 2

Why is lower-class behavior more likely than upper-class behavior to be labeled as deviant?

a. The more power a group has, the more likely they are to be successful at defining deviance.
b. Lower-class people engage in more blatant forms of deviance.
c. The more numbers a group has, the more likely they are to be successful at defining deviance.
d. Very few upper-class people engage in deviant behavior.