Question

A person who shoplifts an item of clothing from a department store is apprehended and labeled as a "thief," and the person subsequently accepts that label, then the person shoplifts more items from stores on numerous occasions. this is an example of:

Answer 1

The correct answer is secondary deviance. It is because an individual at this stage of deviance is likely to act in a way of accepting that he or she is a deviant after having to be labeled as one in which could be seen in the scenario above.