Multiple Choice
The basic idea behind labelling theory is that
A) deviance is actually useful in a number of ways.
B) deviance arises not so much from what people do as how others respond to what they do.
C) power has much to do with how a society defines deviance.
D) deviance exists because of the visible markers we see in people.
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