Constructions of Deviance Social Power, Context, and Interaction

by Adler, Patricia A.; Adler, Peter

• ISBN13: 9780534539122
• ISBN10: 0534539122
• Edition: 3rd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1999-07-30
• 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." This edition offers broad, more comprehensive theoretical coverage.

Table of Contents

Preface	p. xiii
General Introduction	p. 1
Defining Deviance	p. 7
On the Sociology of Deviance	p. 11
Deviance as Crime, Sin, and Poor Taste	p. 19
Positive Deviance	p. 29
Theories of Deviance	p. 43
The Normal and the Pathological	p. 53
Social Structure and Anomie	p. 58
Conflict Theory of Crime	p. 65
The Conflict of Conduct Norms	p. 70
Differential Association	p. 75
Labeling Theory	p. 78
Control Theory of Delinquency	p. 83
Studying Deviance	p. 93
Child Abuse Reporting	p. 99
Survey of Sexual Behavior of Americans	p. 105
Researching Dealers and Smugglers	p. 116
Constructing Deviance	p. 133
Moral Entrepreneurs
Moral Entrepreneurs	p. 139
The Social Construction of Drug Scares	p. 147
Blowing Smoke: Status Politics and the Smoking Ban	p. 159
Moral Panics: The Case of Satanic Day Care Centers	p. 169
Differential Social Power
The Saints and the Roughnecks	p. 178
The Police and the Black Male	p. 192
Homophobia in Sport	p. 203
Deviant Identity	p. 207
Identity Development
Becoming Bisexual	p. 215
Labeling the Redhead	p. 226
Anorexia Nervosa and Bulimia: The Development of Deviant Identities	p. 242
Accounts and Neutralizations
Convicted Rapists' Vocabulary of Motive: Excuses and Justifications	p. 254
The Influence of Situational Ethics on Cheating Among College Students	p. 271
Stigma Management
Women Athletes as Falsely Accused Deviants: Managing the Lesbian Stigma	p. 280
Stigma Management Among Gay/Bisexual Men with HIV/AIDS	p. 292
The Collective Stigma Management of Prostitutes	p. 309
Relations Among Deviants	p. 325
Individuals
Sexual Asphyxia: A Neglected Area of Study	p. 329
Subcultures
Real Punks and Pretenders: The Social Organization of a Counterculture	p. 339
Gangs
Race in the Hood	p. 355
Formal Organizations
International Organized Crime	p. 366
Corporations
Elite Organizational Deviance	p. 378
Deviant Acts	p. 391
Cooperation
Women in Outlaw Motorcycle Gangs	p. 395
Turn-Ons for Money: Interactional Strategies of the Table Dancer	p. 407
Conflict
Fraternities and Rape on Campus	p. 427
Boiler Room Fraud	p. 442
Deviant Careers	p. 465
Entering Deviance
Negotiating the Tattoo	p. 469
Joining a Gang	p. 480
Being Deviant
Gender and the Accomplishment of Street Robbery	p. 502
Gay Male Christian Couples and Sexual Exclusivity	p. 521
Exiting Deviance
Shifts and Oscillations in Deviant Careers: The Case of Upper-Level Drug Dealers and Smugglers	p. 535
The Professional Ex-: An Alternative for Exiting the Deviant Career	p. 547
References for the General and Part Introductions	p. 561
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