While Science Does Provide Information to Support the Labelling of Deviance,it

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While science does provide information to support the labelling of deviance,it is merely a tool to be used by other moral entrepreneurs to construct deviance.In its objective to stay neutral,science itself does not directly attempt to influence the dominant moral codes of our society.

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Definitions:

Scientific Theory

In science, a widely accepted explanation supported by a large body of observations and experiments. A scientific theory relates facts that appear unrelated; it predicts new facts and suggests new relationships. Compare with hypothesis.

Unchangeable

A term describing something that cannot be altered or modified.

Hypotheses

Proposed explanations for a phenomenon, made as a starting point for further investigation.

Observations

The act of noting and recording something with instruments or the senses as a part of scientific research or empirical study.