Readings in Deviant Behavior

by Thio, Alex; Calhoun, Thomas C.; Conyers, Addrain

• ISBN13: 9780205503728
• ISBN10: 0205503721
• Edition: 5th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2008-01-01
• Publisher: Allyn & Bacon

Summary

This collection of diverse readings represents the full range of deviance sociology, dealing with many different theories as well as data collected via different research methodologies. Designed for use as either a main text or a supplement,Readings in Deviant Behaviorincludes selections with high student-appeal. All of the readings have been carefully edited for clarity and conciseness to ensure that they are enjoyable and useful in helping students learn. The fifth edition features many new articles that reflect current trends, including those dealing with non-criminal deviance as well as those that emphasize the constructionist perspective. Please enter here Readins on deviant behavior Deviance

Table of Contents

Preface

About the Editors

Introduction

Defining And Researching Deviance

Images of Deviance

Defining Deviancy Down

Strategies for Researching Street Deviance

Pleasures and Perils in Deviance Research

Positivist Theories

Strain Theory

Differential Association Theory

Control Theory

Shaming Theory

Constructionist Theories

Labeling Theory

Phenomenological Theory

Conflict Theory

Feminist Theory

Postmodernist Theory

Criminal Deviance

Men and Violence: Is the Pattern Universal?

Date Rape on College Campuses

Burglary: The Offender's Perspective

White-Collar Crime

Drug Use

Drug Use in America: An Overview

Drug Crisis: The American Nightmare

Cigarette Smoking as Deviant Behavior

Pleasure versus Public Health: Controlling Collegiate Binge Drinking

Heterosexual Deviance

Sex Tourism in Southeast Asia

Mother Sold Food, Daughter Sells Her Body

Parade Strippers: Being Naked in Public

The Naked Body as Site and Sight: Accounting Practices of Amateur Strippers

Strip Club Dancers: Working in the Fantasy Factory

Homosexuality And Homophobia

Rejecting Femininity: Gender Identity Development in Lesbians

Radical Gay Activism: A Critical Gay's View

Bareback Sex, Bug Chasers, and the Gift of Death

The Social Organization of Male Prostitution

Homophobia in Schools

Academic And Professional Deviance

Situational Ethics and College Student Cheating

Criminologists as Criminals

Psychotherapists' Accounts of Their Professional Misdeeds

Police Lying: Fluffing Up the Evidence and Covering Your Ass

Disabilities And Stigmatization

How the Mentally Challenged See Themselves

Cross-Cultural Patterns in Eating Disorders

Anorexics and Bulimics: Developing Deviant Identities

The Stigmatization of Persons with HIV Disease

Cyberdeviance

The Social Construction of Hackers as Deviants

Let Your Fingers Do the Talking: Sex on an Adult Chat-Line

Online Accounts of Unrepentant Pedophiles

Deviant Sports

Cockfighting: The Marketing of Deviance

The World of Dogfighting

The Techniques of Neutralization among Deer Poachers

Hints of Deviance in Bingo

Puzzling Deviances

It's a White Thing: African-American Beliefs about Suicide

Media Depictions of Harm in Heavy Metal and Rap Music

Tattoos Are Like Potato Chips âÇ  You Can't Have Just One

Panhandlers: Overcoming the Nonperson Treatment

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