CONCEPT OF SECONDARY DEVIATION (FROM CRIME AND DELINQUENCY, A READER, 1970 BY CARL A BERSANI - SEE NCJ-06248)

• NCJ Number: 10210
• Author(s): E M LEMERT
• Date Published: 1967
• Length: 11 pages
• Corporate Author: Macmillan
• Publication Format: Document
• Publication Type: Report (Study/Research)
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America
• Note: REPRINTED FROM HUMAN DEVIANCE, SOCIAL PROBLEMS, AND SOCIAL CONTROL, BY EDWIN LEMERT, PRENTICE-HALL, 1967

Annotation

DISCUSSION OF THE SPECIAL CLASS OF SOCIALLY DEFINED RESPONSES BY PEOPLE TO PROBLEMS CREATED AS A RESULT OF THE SOCIETAL REACTION TO THEIR DEVIANCE.

Abstract

RESULTS OF SOCIOLOGICAL STUDIES OF DEVIANCE EXPLAIN THE AUTHOR'S CONCEPT OF SECONDARY DEVIATION, WHICH REVOLVES AROUND THE EFFECTS OF STIGMATIZATION, PUNISHMENTS, SEGREGATION, AND SOCIAL CONTROL UPON THE DEVIANT'S SOCIAL ROLE AND SELF-IDENTITY.