Question

A person may shoplift an item of clothing from a department store and be apprehended and labeled as a "thief," subsequently accept that label, and then go on to shoplift more in the future. This future behavior is an example of:

A. Secondary deviance
B. Primary
C. Tertiary

Answer 1

A. Secondary deviance

Step-by-step explanation:

A person may shoplift an item of clothing from a department store and be apprehended and labeled as a "thief," subsequently accept that label, and then go on to shoplift more in the future. This future behavior is an example of secondary deviance. A secondary deviance is a deviant behavior that results from a person being labelled as a deviant by society, when an individual is labelled a deviant due to a devious behavior, he is likely to internalize that label and act accordingly in the future.

Answer 2

A. Secondary deviance

Step-by-step explanation:

Secondary deviance refers to reactions that follow primary deviance. The social reaction which accompany deviant behaviour ensures that the deviant individual is stigmatised.

These social reactions include the deviant individual being labelled as criminal. Although, this label contradicts the self-image of the labelled person and it therefore not role-conform.

Secondary deviance was introduced by Edwin Lemert in 1951.

Deviance is defined as the violation of the accepted social norms in a particular area.