Lemert created two categories of deviant- primary and secondary
Primary- the action or experience of deviance, drug misuse
Secondary- the role that the deviant creates for themselves which is a response to be labelled as deviant
He argues that criminal behaviour is often a symptom is deeper social and personal issues, poverty, discrimination, trauma, mental health
Examples of primary- skipping school, vandalism
may be considered normal in certain groups and may not result in negative concequences
Examples of secondary- robbery, assault, other crimes
secondary deviance is more serious actions that leads to negative concequences