Deviant Behavior

Name: Deviant Behavior
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ISBN: 9780130825780

ISBN-10: 0130825786

ISBN-13: 9780130825780

Edition: 6th 2001

Authors: Erich Goode

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For Junior and Senior courses in Deviance, Social Deviance, and Deviant Behavior. The author seeks to understand deviance from the major sociological perspectives and theories of deviance by providing a comprehensive, balanced examination of the conceptual foundation of the sociology of deviance. Throughout the text, Goode imparts a practical knowledge towards real-world matters that enables students to think clearly about them.

Book details

List price: $78.67
Edition: 6th
Copyright year: 2001
Publisher: Prentice Hall PTR
Publication date: 10/25/2000
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 480
Size: 7.25" wide x 9.25" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.936
Language: English




Introduction



What is Deviance?



What Is to Be Explained? Two Approaches to Deviance



Explaining Deviant Behavior: Positivist Theories



Constructionist Theories of Deviance



Criminal Behavior



Drug Use as Deviant Behavior



Legal Drugs: The Use of Alcohol and Tobacco



Heterosexual Deviance



Male and Female Homosexuality



Physical Characteristics as Deviance



Cognitive Deviance



Mental Illness



Ideological, Ethical, and Moral Implications of Studying Deviance


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