Lemert, Edwin M.: Primary and Secondary Deviance

Edwin M. Lemert posited the notion of primary and secondary deviance in his 1951 text Social Pathology. The discussion of these distinct forms of deviance took only a few pages, but the effect on various theories of criminal behavior, particularly labeling ...

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