Constructions of Deviance Social Power, Context, and Interaction (with InfoTrac)

by Adler, Patricia A.; Adler, Peter

• ISBN13: 9780534553791
• ISBN10: 0534553796
• Edition: 4th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2002-07-16
• Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing

Summary

This text is the industry standard for publishing the most recent and relevant articles in the field. It demonstrates to students how the concepts and theories of deviance can be applied to the world around them. The authors include both theoretical analyses and ethnographic illustrations of how deviance is socially constructed, organized, and managed. The Adlers challenge the reader to see the diversity and pervasiveness of deviance in society by covering a wide variety of deviant acts represented throughout the text. Most importantly, the Adlers present deviance as a component of society and examine the construction of deviance in terms of differential social power, whereby some members of society have the power to define other whole groups as "deviant." The book takes an "interactionist" or "constructionist" perspective on deviance, looking at the processes in society that create deviance. The authors have selected studies that are ethnographic in character, focusing on the experiences of deviants, the deviant-making process, and the ways in which people who are labeled as deviant in society react to that label.

Table of Contents

Part One

DEFINING DEVIANCE

1. On the Sociology of Deviance: Kai Erikson

2. Deviance as Crime, Sin, and Poor Taste: Alexander B

Smith and Harriet Pollack

3. Positive Deviance: Druann Maria Heckert

Part Two

THEORIES OF DEVIANCE

4. The Normal and the Pathological: Emile Durkheim

5. Social Structure and Anomie: Robert K

Merton

6. Differential Association: Edwin H

Sutherland and Donald R

Cressey

7. Labeling Theory: Howard S

Becker

8. Control Theory of Delinquency: Travis Hirschi

9. Conflict Theory of Crime: Richard Quinney

10. Deviance: The Constructionist Stance: Joel Best

Part Three: STUDYING DEVIANCE

11. Child Abuse Reporting: Douglas J

Besharov, with Lisa A

Laumann

12. Survey of Sexual Behaviour of Americans: Edward O

Laumann, John H

Gagnon, Robert T

Michael, and Stuart Michaels

13. Researching Dealers and Smugglers: Patricia A

Adler

Part Four: CONSTRUCTING DEVIANCE

14. The Social Construction of Drug Scares: Craig Reinarman

15. Blowing Smoke: Status Politics and the Smoking Ban: Justin L

Tuggle and Malcolm D

Holmes

16. Moral Panics: The Case of Satanic Day Care Centers: Mary deYoung

Differential Social Power

17. The Saints and the Roughnecks: William J

Chambliss

18. The Police and the Black Male: Elijah Anderson

19. Homophobia in Sport: Elaine M

Blinde and Diane E

Taub

Part Five: DEVIANT IDENTITY

20. The Adoption and Management of a "Fat" Identity: Douglas Degher and Gerald Hughes

21. Becoming Bisexual: Martin S

Weinberg, Colin J

Willimas, and Douglas W

Pryor

22. Anorexia Nervosa and Bulimia: Penelope A

McLorg and Diane E

Taub

Part Six: ACCOUNTS

23. Convicted Rapists' Vocabulary of Motive: Excuses and Justifications: Diana Scully and Joseph Marolla

24. The Influence of Situational Ethics on Cheating among College Students: Stigma Management, Donald L

McCabe

Part Seven: STIGMA MANAGEMENT

25. Identity and Stigma of Women with STDs: Adina Nack

26. Stigma Management and Collective Action Among the Homeless: Leon Anderson, David A

Snow and Daniel Cress

27. Collective Stigma Management and Shame: Avowal, Management, and Contestation: Daniel D

Martin

Part Eight: THE SOCIAL ORGANIATION OF DEVIANCE

28. Sexual Asphyxia: A Neglected Area of Study: Shearon A

Lowery and Charles V

Welti

29. Real Punks and Pretenders: The Social Organization of a Counterculture: Kathryn J

Fox

Gangs

30. Gender and Victimization Risk Among Young Women in Gangs: Jody Miller

31. International Organized Crime: Roy Godson and William J

Olson

Corporations

32. The Crash of ValueJet Flight 592: A Case Study in State-Corporate Crime: Rick A

Matthews and David Kauzlarich

Part Nine: STRUCTURE OF THE DEVIANT ACT

33. Cruising for Sex in Public Places: Richard Tewksbury

34. The Manufacture of Fantasy: Amy Flowers

35. Fraternities and Rape on Campus: Patricia Yancey Martin and Robert A

ummer

36. Opportunities and Crime in the Medical Professions: John Liederbach

Part Ten: PHASES OF THE DEVIANT CAREER

37. Joining a Gang: Being Deviant

Martin Sanchez Jankowski

38. Gay Male Christian Couples and Sexual Exclusivity: Exiting Deviance

Andrew K

Yip

39. Shifts and Oscillations in Deviant Careers: Upper-level Drug Dealers and Smugglers: Patricia A

Adler ad Peter Adler

40. The Professional Ex: An Alternative for Exiting the Deviant Career: J

David Brown

References for the General and Part Introductions