1. Labeling
Edwin Lemert, the founder of the societal reaction approach, which distinguished between primary and secondary deviance. Primary deviance is where an individual does not see themselves as deviant. ... Deviance exists only when there is a reaction to a certain behavior 4. ... Farrington referred to this as deviance amplification (Farrington 112). ... Does deviance amplification persist over time? ...
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