redefined, on the grounds that it does not represent a causally homogeneous category. Further cases are then studied until no more anomalies seem to be emerging.

The approach was further refined and applied by Alfred Lindesmith in a study of opiate addiction and Donald Cressey in an investigation of financial trust violation (embezzlement). Later it was applied by Howard S. Becker in a study of marijuana use.

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