Commitment ceremonies have all of the following features EXCEPT
a. represent a more or less permanent change in a person's status as deviant.
b. involve a formal stage of confrontation between society and the deviant.
c. mark a temporary change in a person's status as deviant.
d. represent an announcement about the nature and limits of deviance.
C
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