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0041. Which of the following best captures the meaning of the term "tertiary deviance"?

three strikes laws

when the consequence of labels is so extreme that people lose the ability to judge right from wrong

rule breaking that occurs when a labeled group challenges the very idea that they are deviant at all

behavior that violates meta-norms or "norms about norms" such as norms governing how much punishment an act deserves

deviant behavior that involves a third party

+ Solution and explanation

The term comes from Kitsuse's article "Coming Out All Over." It is a play on secondary deviance — rule breaking that results from consequences of being labeled deviant. The next level is when people who are labeled deviant break the rules but not just as "dupes" of the labeling process. Instead, they are engaging in a protest against the label. The act of rejecting the label might come with civil disobedience or other norm violations, but tertiary deviance returns the agency to the actor: the deviance is not an effect of the label as the cause, but rather a chosen act in rejection of the label.

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