Which of the following illustrates the "medicalization of deviance"?
A) a career criminal being required by prison officials to attend counseling
B) an older woman drinking more and more after losing a job
C) a girl's sexual activity being redefined by her psychologist as a "sexual addiction"
D) violence in the home by a man who abuses a prescription drug
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