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Jennifer goes out at night with a spray can and writes on a stop sign. she successfully vandalizes for the first time. labeling theorists would call this ________ deviance.

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Your answer would be Primary deviance.

Jennifer goes out at night with a spray can and writes on a stop sign. she successfully vandalizes for the first time. labeling theorists would call this Primary deviance.

The reason why "Primary" would be the correct answer is because this is the first step she took that disobeys the normal social norms in society. The key words here is "she successfully vandalizes for the first time." A primary deviance is a action that is took from someone that is going away from the standards that are set by society. This means that vandalizing is not a normal thing to do in society, due to the fact that it's illegal to do, but she vandalized. And since she did it for the first time, it would be known as a "Primary deviance." This is the reason why "primary" would be the correct answer in this scenario.

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