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12 / 24  A convicted sexual offender is released on parole and arrested two weeks later for repeated sexual crimes. How would labeling theory explain this?
A  The offender has been labeled deviant by society and has accepted a new master status.
B  The offender has returned to his old neighborhood and so reestablished his former habits.
C  The offender has lost the social bonds he made in prison and feels disconnected from society.
D  The offender is poor and responding to the different cultural values that exist in his community.

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Source:  OpenStax, Introduction to sociology 2e. OpenStax CNX. Jan 20, 2016 Download for free at http://legacy.cnx.org/content/col11762/1.6
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