Deviance Career of a Concept

Name: Deviance Career of a Concept
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ISBN: 9780534570019

ISBN-10: 0534570011

ISBN-13: 9780534570019

Edition: 2004

Authors: Joel Best

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One of America's foremost experts on deviance, Joel Best, explores the history of the study of deviance in this short, highly accessible supplementary text. Joel Best covers the emergence of anomie theory in the 1950s, the rise of labeling theory in the 1960s, and the shifts in the field as it came under criticism from other theoretical perspectives.

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List price: $99.95
Copyright year: 2004
Publisher: Wadsworth
Publication date: 4/18/2003
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 112
Size: 6.42" wide x 9.25" long x 0.31" tall
Weight: 0.396
Language: English

Joel Best is Professor of Sociology & Criminal Justice at the University of Delaware. He has published more than twenty books on social problems and deviance, including Threatened Children , Random Violence , Damned Lies and Statistics , and The Student Loan Mess (with Eric Best.)



Preface



Discovering Deviance


Before Deviance


Deviance's Predecessors


Deviation, Deviate, Deviant, and Deviance


The Appeal of Deviance


Placing Deviance in Context



The Rise of Labeling


Howard S. Becker's Role


The Labeling School


Labeling's Subjects


Mainstream Approaches to Deviance in the 1960s


The 1960s as the Context for Labeling Theory


Labeling Triumphant (1967-1974)


Labeling's Vision



Labeling Under Attack


Conflic Theory's Criticism


The Feminist Critique


The Challenge from Identity Politics


Mainstream Sociology's Attack


Labeling in Retreat



Labeling's Legacy


Social Constructionism, Medicalization, and Social Movements


New Directions for Qualitative Studies of Deviance


Deviant Transactions


Deviant Careers


Emotions and Deviance


Incorporating Other Theoretical Perspectives


Discourse and Deviance


The Importance of Gender


New or Neglected Research Topics


Labeling's Descendants



The Revival of Criminology and the Neglect of Deviance


Control's Role in Criminality


The Place of Crime


Rediscovering Strain's Role in Crime


Specialization and Risk


Deviance's Prospects


Final Thoughts


References


Index