Sociology of deviant behavior
Identifies and explains the learning theories and sociological orientations of deviant behavior, examining in details the most common forms of behavior regarded as deviant. The authors show that understanding deviant behavior is no different from understanding any other behavior - that deviance is human behavior, understandable within a general context of socialization and role-playing
Print Book, English, 2008, 2007 (printing)
13th ed View all formats and editions
Thomson Wadsworth, Belmont, Cal., 2008, 2007 (printing)
xviii, 587 pages ; 24 cm
9780495093350, 0495093351
1079849043
1. The nature and meaning of deviance
2. Deviant events and social control
3. Becoming deviant
4. Structural perspectives on deviance : anomie and conflict theories
5. Labeling, control, and learning theories of deviance
6. Crimes of interpersonal violence
7. Nonviolent crime
8. White-collar and corporate crime
9. Drug use and addiction
10. Drunkenness and alcoholism
11. Sexual deviance
12. Suicide
13. Physical disabilities
14. Homosexuality, lesbianism, and homophobia
15. Mental disorders