Increasingly, deviant behavior is seen as unwilling and caused by disease. This type of interpretation is called the____________ of deviance.
A) routinization
B) trivializing
C) criminalization
D) medicalization

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The medicalization of deviance refers to the process by which non-normative or deviant behaviors are redefined as medical issues or diseases, rather than being seen as a result of individual choice or moral failing.

Increasingly, Deviant Behavior Is Seen as Unwilling and Caused by Disease