Because they consider deviance real,positivist sociologists tend to focus their study on

A) the positive ways in which nondeviants view those who have been labeled deviant.
B) lawmakers and law enforcers.
C) nondeviants who label others deviants rather than deviant behavior and persons.
D) deviant behavior and persons rather than nondeviants who label others deviants.

Positivist sociologists believe that deviance is a real phenomenon that is measurable and objective. Therefore, they focus on studying deviant behavior and individuals who have been labeled deviant rather than non-deviant individuals who label others as deviant. Lawmakers and law enforcers may be studied but only as they relate to the identification and punishment of deviant behavior. The focus is on the behavior, not the attitudes or opinions of others.