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Medicalization of Deviance

By: Claire Norris & Christopher A. Faircloth
In: Encyclopedia of Social Deviance
Edited by: Craig J. Forsyth & Heith Copes
Subject:Psychopathology, Crime & Deviance (general)
Keywords:deviance; illness; medical technology; medicalization; physicians; self-control; social control

Medicalization is the process by which previously considered nonmedical concepts become conceptualized and treated as medical problems. Medicalization of deviance, then, is conceptualized as a process by which deviant behavior (e.g., alcoholism, homosexuality), appearance ...

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  Norris, C., & Faircloth, C. (2014). Medicalization of deviance. In C. J. Forsyth, & H. Copes (Eds.), Encyclopedia of social deviance (Vol. 1, pp. 427-429). SAGE Publications, Inc., https://www.doi.org/10.4135/9781483340470.n172
  
  Norris, Claire, and Christopher A. Faircloth. "Medicalization of Deviance." In Encyclopedia of Social Deviance, edited by Forsyth, Craig J., and Heith Copes, 427-29. Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications, Inc., 2014. http://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781483340470.n172.
  
  Norris, C. and Faircloth, C. 2014. Medicalization of Deviance. In: Craig J. Forsyth and Heith Copes Editors, 2014. Encyclopedia of Social Deviance, Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications, Inc. pp. 427-429 Available at: <http://www.doi.org/10.4135/9781483340470.n172> [Accessed 22 Apr 2021].
  
  Norris, Claire and Christopher A. Faircloth. "Medicalization of Deviance." Encyclopedia of Social Deviance. Edited by Craig J. Forsyth and Heith Copes. Vol. 1. Thousand Oaks: SAGE Publications, Inc., 2014, pp. 427-29. SAGE Knowledge. 22 Apr 2021, doi: http://www.doi.org/10.4135/9781483340470.n172.
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