Whether an Act Is Considered Deviant or Criminal Depends Not

question 146

Multiple Choice

Whether an act is considered deviant or criminal depends not only on the perceived harmfulness of the act, but also on which of the following?

• A) whether the deviance was committed by a person of the upper class
• B) the degree of public agreement that the act is deviant
• C) whether there was police surveillance of the deviant behaviour
• D) whether humour was intended in the deviance

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Definitions:

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