Which of the Following Illustrates the "Medicalization of Deviance

question 16

Multiple Choice

Which of the following illustrates the "medicalization of deviance"?

• A) a career criminal being required by prison officials to attend counseling
• B) an older woman drinking more and more after losing a job
• C) a girl's sexual activity being redefined by her psychologist as a "sexual addiction"
• D) violence in the home by a man who abuses a prescription drug

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