Thomas Szasz made the controversial assertion that ________
a. deviance is only what people label as deviant.
b. most people in the United States will become insane for some period during their lives.
c. mental illness is a myth so that insanity is only differences that bother other people.
d. our society does not do nearly enough to treat the mentally ill.
Question 2
Edwin Sutherland's differential association theory links deviance to ________
a. how labeling someone as deviant can increase the deviant behavior.
b. the amount of contact a person has with others who encourage or discourage conventional behavior.
c. how well a person can contain deviant impulses.
d. how others respond to the race, ethnicity, gender, and class of the individual.
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