Sociology of deviant behavior
Marshall B. Clinard (Author), Robert Frank Meier (Author)
This edition combines updated research with its learning-theory based coverage of crime, alcoholism, drugs, suicide, mental disorders, gay movements, the social aspects of mental disorders, and suicide in the United States and other countries, providing cross-national competition.
Print Book, English, cop. 1998
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Harcourt Brace College, Forth Worth [etc.], cop. 1998
XXII, 633 str. : ilustr. ; 25 cm.
9780155041301, 0155041304
1146253966
Part I: The Nature of Deviance. The Nature and Meaning of Deviance. Deviant Events and Social Control. Becoming Deviant. Part II: Explaining Deviance. The Social Context of Deviance. General Perspectives on Deviance: Anomie and Conflict Theories. Labeling, Control, And Learning Theories of Deviance. Part III: Forms of Deviance. Crimes of Interpersonal Violence. Economic and Political Criminality. Drug Use and Addiction. Drunkenness and Alcoholism. Heterosexual Deviance. Homosexuality. Mental Disorders. Suicide. Physical Disabilities.