Deviant Behavior: Crime, Conflict, and Interest Groups

by McCaghy, Charles H.; Capron, Timothy A.; Jamieson, J. D.

• ISBN13: 9780205341658
• ISBN10: 0205341659
• Edition: 6th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2003-01-01
• Publisher: Allyn & Bacon

Summary

Using the framework of interest group conflict, this text combines a balanced, comprehensive overview of the field of deviance with first-hand expertise in the workings of the criminal justice system. Deviant Behavior, Sixth Edition, surveys a wide range of topics, from explanations regarding crime and criminal behavior, measurement of crime, violent crime and organizational deviance, to sexual behavior, mental health, and substance abuse. This new edition continues its tradition of applying time-tested, sociological theory to developing social concepts and emerging issues.

Table of Contents

Preface	ix
PART I THE CONCEPT OF DEVIANT BEHAVIOR	1	(118)
Perspectives on Deviants	3	(8)
Who is Deviant?	4	(7)
Theories of Criminal Deviance	11	(79)
The Rational Deviant---The Classical School	12	(1)
The Deviant As Determined---Positivist Criminology	13	(4)
Physical Characteristics of Deviants---Early Approaches	17	(6)
Phrenology---The Beginning of the Scientific Study of the Deviant	18	(2)
The Positivist School	20	(3)
Heredity and Mental Deficiencies---Early Approaches	23	(7)
A Short Note on Eugenics	25	(2)
Twin Studies	27	(2)
The Bell Curve	29	(1)
Physical Characteristics Revisited	30	(7)
Biological Inferiority	30	(1)
Somatology	31	(2)
XYY Chromosome Syndrome	33	(1)
Brain Malfunction	34	(3)
Emerging Biology-Based Theories	37	(1)
Personality Defects and Attributes	37	(8)
Psychopathy	38	(1)
Traits and Thinking	39	(4)
Unconscious Motivation	43	(2)
Sociobiology---Trailblazing or Backtracking?	45	(4)
The Rise of Social Determinism	49	(2)
Economic Influences	51	(4)
Karl Marx	51	(1)
Willem Bonger	52	(2)
The Smoky Pilgrims	54	(1)
Anomie	55	(11)
Durkheim's Anomie	56	(1)
Merton's Anomie	57	(9)
Subcultures of Deviance	66	(6)
Social Disorganization and Learning	67	(2)
Differential Association Theory	69	(3)
Control Theory	72	(18)
Classical Theory Revisited	75	(2)
Women and Deviance Theories	77	(3)
Integration of Theories	80	(10)
Why Is Certain Behavior Deviant?	90	(29)
The Labeling Perspective	91	(8)
The Production of Deviance	91	(4)
The Effect of Labeling on Behavior	95	(4)
Conflict Perspectives	99	(11)
Culture Conflict	100	(1)
Group Conflict	101	(1)
Conflict and Authority	102	(2)
Radical Theory	104	(6)
Once Again: What is Deviant?	110	(3)
Interest Group Conflict and Deviance	113	(6)
PART II CRIME AS DEVIANT BEHAVIOR	119	(164)
Crime in the Streets---Against the Person	121	(39)
Measuring Crime	122	(2)
Murder and Aggravated Assault	124	(17)
Dimensions of Homicide	125	(5)
Violence: An American Value	130	(4)
The Subculture of Interpersonal Violence	134	(2)
The Conflict over Guns	136	(5)
Forcible Rape	141	(8)
Dimensions of Rape	142	(4)
Violence and Sex	146	(3)
Violent Sex and Conflict	149	(11)
Crime in the Streets---Against Property	160	(27)
Robbery	160	(5)
Dimensions of Robbery	160	(3)
Types of Robbers	163	(2)
Burglary	165	(3)
Dimensions of Burglary	166	(1)
The World of Burglary	166	(2)
Motor Vehicle Theft	168	(3)
Dimensions of Motor Vehicle Theft	169	(1)
Joyriders, Professionals, and Others	169	(2)
Larceny-Theft	171	(5)
The Extent of Shoplifting	172	(1)
Types of Shoplifters	173	(2)
Reactions to Shoplifting	175	(1)
Arson	176	(3)
Types of Arsonists	177	(2)
Larceny in the American Heart	179	(8)
The Rip-off Philosophy	180	(7)
Assaults Against Children and Spouses	187	(43)
Physical Abuse of Children	188	(13)
Problems of Definition	189	(3)
The Discovery and Medicalization of Physical Abuse	192	(3)
Extent	195	(2)
Characteristics	197	(1)
Stress, Power, and Culture	198	(3)
Spouse Abuse	201	(10)
The Discovery of Spouse Abuse	201	(3)
Extent	204	(1)
Characteristics	205	(3)
Stress and Power---Again	208	(3)
Sexual Abuse of Children	211	(19)
Extent	212	(1)
Characteristics	213	(1)
Types of Molesters and Their Offenses	214	(5)
Adult-Child Sex: A Matter of Liberation?	219	(11)
Deviance and Organizations	230	(53)
Employee Theft	233	(7)
Pilferage	234	(2)
Embezzlement	236	(3)
Organizations as Victims	239	(1)
Police Corruption	240	(8)
Meat- and Grass-Eaters	241	(3)
Rotten Apples or Rotten Barrels?	244	(4)
Corporate Deviance	248	(13)
Price-Fixing: A Fact of American Industry?	250	(2)
``Would You Buy a Used Car from This Man?''	252	(3)
``You Are What You Eat''	255	(3)
The Badness of Good Business	258	(3)
Organized Crime	261	(22)
Characteristics and Structure	262	(4)
From Muscle to Respectability	266	(2)
Ethnic Succession	268	(1)
Sources of Profit	269	(14)
PART III DEVIANT BEHAVIOR IN CONTEMPORARY SOCIETY	283	(155)
Deviant Drug Use	285	(50)
Drug Use as Deviance	286	(5)
Some Terminology	287	(4)
Alcohol	291	(13)
Alcohol as a Drug	292	(2)
Alcohol Use and Deviance	294	(2)
Alcoholism, Disease, and Problem Drinking	296	(4)
Correlates of Problem Drinking	300	(4)
Heroin	304	(12)
Heroin as a Drug	305	(3)
Heroin Use and Deviance	308	(4)
Heroin and Conflict	312	(4)
Marijuana	316	(5)
Marijuana as a Drug	317	(1)
Marijuana Use and Deviance	318	(1)
Marijuana and Conflict	319	(2)
Cocaine	321	(2)
Cocaine as a Drug	322	(1)
Cocaine Use and Deviance	322	(1)
Cocaine and Conflict	323	(1)
Drug Control: The Great American Flop	323	(12)
Mental Disorders	335	(33)
What is Mental Disorder?	337	(3)
Correlates of Mental Disorder	340	(6)
Social Class	341	(1)
Genetics	342	(1)
Family Setting	343	(1)
Stress	344	(2)
Disease or Label?	346	(9)
Mental Disease as a Myth	347	(1)
A Labeling Theory of Mental Disorder	348	(4)
Requiem for Labeling Theory?	352	(3)
Conflict and the Therapeutic State	355	(13)
Sex Psychopath Laws: The Grand Failure	357	(2)
The Problem of Involuntary Commitment	359	(9)
Cyberdeviance	368	(25)
Jeffrey Arbaugh
The Computer Underground	369	(15)
A Typology of the Computer Underground	370	(1)
The Relevant Actors of the Computer Underground	371	(6)
Subcultures of Deviance in the Computer Underground	377	(7)
Is the Computer Underground a Subculture?	384	(1)
Implications for Future Research	384	(1)
Implications for the Criminal Justice System	384	(1)
Crime and the Internet	384	(2)
Sexual Deviance and Cyberspace	386	(7)
Opportunity for Sexual Deviance in Cyberspace	386	(1)
An Interview with White Eagle	387	(6)
Sexual Deviance: Prostitution and Homosexuality	393	(45)
An Interview with Tony	394	(1)
Prostitution	395	(20)
The Context of Prostitution	398	(5)
Becoming a Prostitute	403	(5)
The Pimp	408	(2)
Prostitution and Conflict	410	(5)
Homosexuality	415	(23)
Homosexuality as Deviance	416	(4)
Homosexuality: Condition or Behavior?	420	(2)
Becoming ``Homosexual''	422	(6)
Homosexuality and Conflict	428	(10)
Name Index	438	(4)
Subject Index	442