Our society today have become masters at labeling a person, whether or not it is respectable or ruthless. The labeling theory is a concept used to help explain why someone’s behavior is acceptable in one group but termed deviant in other groups. In theory, criminal behavior is deemed as such only if the perception of the person is recognized to be so. Theorists of labeling communicate that not everyone who commits a crime is labeled as a criminal (Trueman, 2015).
Primary and secondary deviance are terms used to distinguish a normal act of deviant behavior as opposed to one that is not accepted so easily. Primary deviance is an act that does not reflect negatively on a person’s character. Primary deviance is a
Primary and secondary deviance are terms used to distinguish a normal act of deviant behavior as opposed to one that is not accepted so easily. Primary deviance is an act that does not reflect negatively on a person’s character. Primary deviance is a