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lidoalex · **on:** Jul 2, 2018

Drug addicts may possess illegal drugsan act that is criminal. To maintain their habit, addicts may commit crimes in order to maintain their supply of drugs. This type of crime is categorized as __________ deviance.

a. unnecessary
b. criminalized
c. stress-related
d. secondary

Question 2

According to labeling theory, the act of labeling a person or group deviant may cause society to suffer in which of the following ways?

a. Labeling causes those who are labeled to avoid deviance, thereby deterring them.
b. The labeled may accept the definition of themselves as deviant and increase their deviance as a result.
c. The labeling has no effect because of the pro-criminal self-concepts of those labeled.
d. The labeling causes those who are labeled to become an important, powerful,
political force.