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Creating Deviance Rules: A Macroscopic Model Author(s): Ronald J. Troyer and Gerald E. Markle Source: The Sociological Quarterly, Vol. 23, No. 2 (Spring, 1982), pp. 157-169 Published by: Blackwell Publishing on behalf of the Midwest Sociological Society Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/4106327 Accessed: 16/11/2009 09:18
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The SociologicalQuarterly (Spring1982):157-169 23

Deviance Rules: Creating A Macroscopic Model*
RonaldJ. Troyer,Drake University GeraldE. Markle,Western MichiganUniversity
In this paperwe proposea macrolevel the modelfor analyzing creationof deviance rules.We begin by placingthe phenomenon withinthe contextof the social factist and social definitionist the



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