Multiple Choice
Which of the following statements illustrates the "medicalization of deviance"?
A) theft being redefined as a "compulsive stealing"
B) drinking too much being redefined as "alcoholism"
C) promiscuity being redefined as a "sexual addiction"
D) All of the above are correct.
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