Deviance Today

Name: Deviance Today
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ISBN: 9780205208753

ISBN-10: 0205208754

ISBN-13: 9780205208753

Edition: 2013

Authors: Alex C. Thio, Thomas C. Calhoun, Addrain Conyers

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A contemporary collection of readings on deviant behavior This user-friendly reader contains readings that have been carefully written for clarity and conciseness. All of the articles reflect current trends in the sociology of deviance. The authors examine both criminal deviance (such as robbery and white-collar crime) and noncriminal deviance (such as pornography and tattooing). Deviance Today explores contemporary trends in the study of deviance such as the emphasis on the constructionist perspective and the greater use of ethnography. Learning Goals Upon completing this book, readers will be able to: Understand major theories in the sociology of deviance Explore current trends…

Book details

List price: $111.13
Copyright year: 2013
Publisher: Prentice Hall PTR
Publication date: 8/6/2012
Binding: Mixed Media
Pages: 320
Size: 6.00" wide x 8.90" long x 1.40" tall
Weight: 1.188
Language: English




Positivist Theories



Constructionist Theories



Physical Violence



Substance Use and Abuse



Sexual Deviance



Physical Manifestations of Deviance



Elite Deviance



Medical Deviance



Deviant Communities



Emergent Deviance



Positivist Theories



Strain and Anomie Theories




Control Theories of Deviance




Constructionist Theories



Labeling




Conflict Theory: the Ongoing Battle




Feminism and Deviance




Physical Violence



Robbery




Child Abuse




Substance Use and Abuse



Drug Use as Deviant Behavior




"What's Goin' On?": Illicit Drug and Alcohol Use among College Students




Academic Strain and Prescription Stimulant Misuse among College Students




Sexual Deviance



Female Pornography Use and Sexual Coercion Perpetration




the Prohibitionist Critique of Prostitution




Exiting Street Prostitution: A Combination of Internal and External Factors




Physical Manifestations of Deviance



the Relationship between Tattooing and Deviance in Contemporary Society




Self-Mutilation and Body Modification




Typologies of Teenage Suicide: Analyzing Suicide Notes through Durkheimian Categories




Elite Deviance



White-Collar Crime




How Men and Women Avoid the Stigma of White-Collar Crime




Clergy Misconduct as Elite Deviance: Assessing the Problem




Medical Deviance



Diagnosis as Stigma Management: the Case of Highly Stigmatized Gastrointestinal Symptoms of Celiac Disease




Care Giving without the Care: the Deviant Treatment of Residents in Nursing Homes




the Stigma of Obesity Erich Goode



Deviant Communities



Furries and Their Communities




Are You "Deaf Enough?"




Lesbian/Queer Bathhouse Culture and the Organization of (Im)Personal Sex




Emergent Deviance



the Dawn of a New Era: Renewed Prospects for the Sociology of Deviance in the Internet Age




Paranormal Beliefs as Deviance




Conceptualizing the Criminological Problem of Terrorism