Adallas morning news investigation discovered that high-ranking u. s. military commanders have tried to discredit and intimidate subordinates who reported security and safety violations by ordering them to undergo psychiatric evaluations or by sending them to a mental ward. according to the textbook, this is an example of deviant behavior.

Discrediting and intimidating subordinates who are reporting violations by ordering psychiatric evaluations or having them committed to a mental ward, the high-ranking commanders are engaging in medicalizing deviant behavior. Meaning that they are exerting control over their subordinates by framing their reporting of violations as behavior that is symptomatic of some disease or condition, when in fact such behavior is normal.

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