Deviancy Amplification

D5. Deviancy Amplification - Sociology

The Deviancy Amplification Spiral, originally formulated by Wilkins (1964), is a useful example of an Interactionist approach to deviance both in itself and because it involves a wide range of concepts used throughout Interactionist sociology. Built on ideas developed by Lemert (1951), it’s based on two types of …

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