Multiple Choice
Positivistic theories of deviance are centrally concerned with an answer to the question:
A) Why are some rule violators punished while conformists remain unpunished?
B) Why are rules that condemn certain behaviors or beliefs enforced?
C) Why do rules against certain behaviors or beliefs exist in the first place?
D) How do people who are stigmatized and punished experience that stigmatization and punishment?
E) Why do some people engage in deviance?
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