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Deviant Behavior
ISBN: 9780131850521 | 0131850520
Edition: 8thFormat: Paperback
Publisher: Prentice Hall
Pub. Date: 1/1/2008
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For Junior and Senior courses in Deviance, Social Deviance, and Deviant Behavior found in departments of Sociology, Criminology, and Criminal Justice. This widely-adopted text seeks to understand deviance from the major sociological perspectives and theories of deviance by providing a comprehensive, balanced examination. Real-world examples of deviance are provided throughout to encourage critical thinking about deviant behavior and its impact.
| 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 Hom... MORE | |
| Physical Characteristics as Deviance | |
| Cognitive Deviance | |
| Mental Illness | |
| Ideological, Ethical, and Moral Implications of Studying Deviance | |
| References | |
| Photo Credits | |
| Indexes | |
| Table of Contents provided by Publisher. All Rights Reserved. |
