Elkridge, Maryland. Elkridge is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Howard County, Maryland, United States. The population was 15,593 at the 2010 census. Founded early in the 18th century, Elkridge is located at the confluence of three counties, the other two being Anne Arundel and Baltimore counties.
Edwin Lemert. The concept of secondary deviance was first developed by sociologist Edwin Lemert. Lemert was interested in exploring the process by which our behaviors can cause us to be labeled as deviants and lead to us being excluded from society. Edwin's inquiries eventually lead him to distinguish between secondary and primary deviance.
1. August Comte is known as the founder of positivism and is credited with coininging the term sociology. Comte helped shape and expand the field of sociology and placed a great deal of emphasis in his work on systematic observation and social order. More Â». Karl Marx.e is credited with making sociology a science. One of his most famous pieces of work includes Suicide: A Study In Sociology, and another important work of his that focuses on how society functions and regulates itself is The Division of Labor in Society.