Sociology / Unit 5 Soc 0667 short lesson, about 20 seconds
The Deviant Master Status
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The idea
A deviant label can become a master status, organizing how others read every other thing about a person.
In practice
A conviction years past still governs the first thing an employer learns.
Where people slip
The master status persists long after the conduct ends, which is what sustains secondary deviance.
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