critical thinking questions

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1 .How does labeling cause deviance

Labeling is a societal way of correcting wrongs within the community by giving names related to the kind of wrong committed . Unfortunately , this does not always correct the deviant 's behavior . The labeled character internalizes the label and gets accustomed to it so as behave as labeled . Once one is called a thief they become one because the society is already aware of their character and they have no fear

. They abide to the ascribed label (Labeling and Crime , 2001

2 .What is the difference between primary and secondary deviance

Primary deviance , according to Edwin Lemert , is the initial act in which a person is identified to have committed a social wrong . When the society tries to correct it by punishing the offender they may or not stop committing this act depending on their perception of the form of correction

Secondary deviance is a kind of deviance that results from the reaction of the offender to the initial societal corrective measures . The offender tends to acquaint themselves with stubbornness against first hand correction to mistakes . As result of being labeled they develop a mind set that they are deviants . The community may try to punish them harder only to realize that they harden and commit the crime more frequently and fully become criminals rather than just deviants (Crime and Criminology , 2010

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