What Is a Key Difference Between Deviance and Crime

question 42

Multiple Choice

What is a key difference between deviance and crime?

• A) All norm violations are deviant, but an act of deviance is only a crime if the act is prohibited in law.
• B) All deviance is criminal, but not all crime is deviant.
• C) Committing crime generates negative sanctions, but acts of deviance do not.
• D) Deviance is a more serious norm violation that crime.

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