What Makes Someone Deviant Is The Reaction To The Act Rather Than The Breaking Of Norms?

What Makes Someone Deviant Is The Reaction To The Act Rather Than The Breaking Of Norms? Becker: It is not the act itself that makes it deviant; it is society’s reaction to the act. Ervin Goffman: When a person is believed to have deviated from his or her culture’s norms, other members of the culture