The 5 Generalities

Question 1

First Generalization

Answer 1

Medicalization and demedicalization of deviance are cyclical phenomena; by defining the deviant as sick, Conrad and Schneider affirm the judgment of immorality is kept.

Question 2

Second Generalization

Answer 2

Medical designation can foil a criminal definition; Extreme criminalization can allow medicalization to emerge and vice versa

Question 3

Third Generalization

Answer 3

only a small segment of the medical profession is involved in the medicalization of deviance; only a few physicians themselves are claims makers

Question 4

Fourth Generalization

Answer 4

when medical designations of deviance are proposed, they are based on the notion of compulsivity or without thought

Question 5

Fifth Generalization

Answer 5

(most powerful) medicalization and demedicalization are political and not scientific achievements.