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Kai Erikson Wrote, 'The Critical Variable in the Study of Deviance

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Kai Erikson wrote, 'The critical variable in the study of deviance, then, is the social audience rather than the individual actor since the social audience decides whether or not a behaviour is deviant'.This statement best corresponds with which theory of deviance?


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