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Alex Thio is Professor of Sociology at Ohio University. Born of Chinese parentage in Penang, Malaysia, he grew up in a multicultural environment. He acquired fluency in Mandarin (modern standard Chinese), Malay, and Indonesian. He also picked up a smattering of English and Dutch. He took French and German in high school and college.
Professor Thio attended primary school in Malaysia and high school in Indonesia. He then came to the United States and worked his way through Central Methodist College in Missouri, where he majored in social sciences. Later, he studied sociology as a graduate student at the State University of New York at Buffalo, and he completed his doctorate while working as a research and teaching assistant.
Professor Thio regularly teaches courses in deviance, introductory sociology, social problems, and criminology. In addition to teaching, he enjoys writing. He is the author of the Sociology: A Brief Introduction , Society: Myths and Realities (Penguin Academic), and Deviant Behavior .
Brief Table of Contents | |
Perspectives and Theories | |
What Is Deviant Behavior? | |
Positivist Theories | |
Constructionist Theories | |
Interpersonal Violence | |
Physical Violence | |
Rape and Child Molestation | |
Family Violence | |
Self-Destructive Deviance | |
Suicide | |
Mental Disorder | |
Diverse Lifestyles | |
Heterosexual Deviance | |
Gays and Other Victims of Stigma | |
Substance Use and Abuse | |
Drug Use | |
Drinking and Alcoholism | |
Inequality in Deviance | |
Privileged Deviance | |
Underprivileged Deviance | |
Cyberspace: Wild Frontier | |
Internet Deviance | |
Comprehensive Table of Contents | |
Perspectives and Theories | |
What Is Deviant Behavior? | |
Conflicting Definitions | |
The Positivist Perspective | |
The Constructionist Perspective | |
An Integrated View | |
A Word about Deviance and Crime | |
Positivist Theories Anomie-Strain Theory | |
Social Learning Theory | |
Control Theory | |
Constructionist Theories | |
Labeling Theory | |
Phenomenological Theory | |
Conflict Theory | |
Interpersonal Violence | |
Physical Violence Assault and Aggravated Assault | |
Who Is More Likely to Kill? | |
Patterns of Killing Characteristics of Homicide | |
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