The Primary Sociological Criticism of the Medicalization of Deviance Is

question 138

Multiple Choice

The primary sociological criticism of the medicalization of deviance is that it

• A) makes deviance too expensive to cure.
• B) makes it too easy for people to behave in deviant ways.
• C) ignores the impact of the social structure in the creation of deviant behavior.
• D) assumes there exists a trained medical profession.

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