A Person Shoplifts an Item of Clothing from a Department

question 141

True/False

A person shoplifts an item of clothing from a department store, is apprehended and labeled as a "thief." The person subsequently accepts the label, and continues to shoplift items from other stores on numerous occasions. This example illustrates the tertiary deviance stage of the labeling theory.

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