Why is Becker’s concept of a deviant career an interpretive approach to deviance?

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It focuses on how meanings and identities change as people enter, participate in, and sometimes exit deviance.

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It explains deviance primarily through unequal access to legitimate opportunities and the institutionalized goal of achieving wealth.

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It focuses primarily on the impact of punishments imposed by the criminal legal system on an individual’s career and potential to earn a living.

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It assumes that people who engage in deviance are often motivated financially and eventually earn their living from it.

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It assumes that all forms of secondary deviance develop through a similar sequence of events.

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