The naturalist approach embraced by labeling theorists is a challenge to earlier positivist approaches in criminology.

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Labeling theory, which is a naturalist approach, challenges the positivist perspectives in criminology by focusing on how societal reactions to individuals (labeling) can lead to deviance, rather than attributing criminal behavior to inherent personal traits or external conditions as positivism does.

The Naturalist Approach Embraced by Labeling Theorists Is a Challenge