When Becker suggests that society creates deviance he means that
A) society creates differential opportunities for members of different social classes.
B) society creates barriers to normative conformity through dysfunctional families and disorganized neighborhoods.
C) society creates the rules which define deviance and applies the label of deviant to those who are ultimately labeled deviant.
D) society creates deviant groups such as street gangs which foster deviant attitudes and lifestyles.
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