Abstract
Premarital sexual intercourse is viewed as deviant behavior by most parents in our culture and with sufficient intensity to qualify this substantive area for inclusion in the subfield of deviant behavior. However, Title has been done to apply the basic propositions developed within the field of deviance to premarital coitus. In this paper I apply key aspects of three basic approaches: (1) labeling, (2) anomie, and (3) social and cultural supports, to this substantive area and indicate the ways in which this application may throw light on the strengths and weaknesses of each of these approaches and on their relevance for various types of deviance. Suggestions are made for developing a general theory of deviance using some of the conclusions of this paper.
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