Sociology / Unit 5 Soc 0701 short lesson, about 20 seconds
The Medicalization of Deviance
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The idea
Medicalization is the process by which conduct once treated as sin or crime is redefined as illness, moving it from punishment to treatment.
In practice
Behaviors formerly answered with sanction are now answered with diagnosis.
Where people slip
Medicalization changes who holds authority over the conduct, and that is a sociological result.
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