According to Conrad and Schneider as decisions are made about which behaviors to address through penal social control and which behaviors to address through therapeutic control, public policies change.

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Conrad and Schneider argue that as society makes decisions about which behaviors are considered deviant or problematic, and thus subject to control, there is a shift in public policies towards either penal (punitive) or therapeutic (rehabilitative) approaches to manage these behaviors.

According to Conrad and Schneider as Decisions Are Made About