that the individual will develop deviant attitudes and skills. Labeling theory, another interactionist theory, states that deviants behave the way they do because people have labeled them as deviant. Primary deviance is committing a deviant act. Secondary deviance is the process by which a person who has been labeled deviant accepts the label and continues the deviant behavior.
Conflict theory says that deviance is defined by the community (Long; McClelland-Conflict). People define what is and what is not appropriate as they interact. Some people in the community
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