Beginning in the 1950s with the work of people like Becker and Lemert (and continuing down to the present day in the pages of the journal, Social Problems) , the symbolic interactionist approach to deviance began to focus on the way in which negative labels get applied and on the consequences of the labeling process.
Interactive: Unique New Zealand. Skinks and geckos are the only 2 native families of lizard found in New Zealand (note that tuatara are not lizards). They are vertebrates and belong to the class Reptilia. All our native skink and gecko species are endemic.
In Texas there are two species of introduced house geckos, the Mediterranean house gecko, Hemidactylus turcicus, and the common house gecko, Hemidactylus frenatus. House geckos are common in suburban and urban areas. Both house gecko species have bulging, lidless eyes with vertical pupils and sticky toe pads.