Deviant Behavior: Crime, Conflict, and Interest Groups

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

• ISBN13: 9780205447282
• ISBN10: 0205447287
• Edition: 7th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2010-05-17
• 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, Seventh 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.

Table of Contents

Preface	xi
PART ONE The Concept of Deviant Behavior	1	(104)
Perspectives on Deviants: The Early Development of Criminal Deviance Theory	3	(18)
Who Is Deviant?	4	(4)
The Rational Deviant---The Classical School	8	(2)
The Deviant as Determined---Positivist Criminology	10	(3)
Physical Characteristics of Deviants---Early Approaches	13	(8)
Phrenology---The Beginning of the Scientific Study of the Deviant	14	(2)
The Positivist School	16	(5)
Theories of Criminal Deviance	21	(57)
Heredity and Mental Deficiencies---Early Approaches	22	(5)
A Short Note on Eugenics	23	(2)
Twin Studies	25	(2)
The Bell Curve	27	(1)
Physical Characteristics Revisited	27	(7)
Biological Inferiority	27	(1)
Somatology	28	(2)
XYY Chromosome Syndrome	30	(1)
Brain Malfunction	30	(3)
Emerging Biology-Based Theories	33	(1)
Personality Defects and Attributes	34	(7)
Psychopathy	34	(2)
Traits and Thinking	36	(3)
Unconscious Motivation	39	(2)
Sociobiology---Trailblazing or Backtracking?	41	(3)
The Rise of Social Determinism	44	(2)
Economic Influences	46	(3)
Karl Marx	46	(1)
Willem Bonger	47	(2)
Anomie	49	(8)
Durkheim's Anomie	50	(1)
Merton's Anomie	51	(6)
Subcultures of Deviance	57	(6)
Social Disorganization and Learning	58	(2)
Differential Association Theory	60	(3)
Control Theory	63	(15)
Classical Theory Revisited	65	(2)
Women and Deviance Theories	67	(3)
Integration of Theories	70	(8)
Why Is Certain Behavior Deviant?	78	(27)
The Labeling Perspective	79	(5)
The Production of Deviance	79	(2)
The Effect of Labeling on Behavior	81	(3)
Conflict Perspectives	84	(11)
Culture Conflict	85	(1)
Group Conflict	86	(1)
Conflict and Authority	87	(2)
Radical Theory	89	(6)
Postmodern Criminology	95	(1)
Once Again: What Is Deviant?	95	(2)
Interest Group Conflict and Deviance	97	(8)
PART TWO Crime as Deviant Behavior	105	(148)
Crime in the Streets---Against the Person	107	(35)
Measuring Crime	108	(2)
Murder and Aggravated Assault	110	(14)
Dimensions of Homicide	111	(4)
Violence: A U.S. Value	115	(3)
The Subculture of Interpersonal Violence	118	(2)
The Conflict over Guns	120	(4)
Forcible Rape	124	(8)
Dimensions of Rape	126	(3)
Violence and Sex	129	(3)
Violent Sex and Conflict	132	(10)
Crime in the Streets---Against Property	142	(25)
Robbery	142	(5)
Dimensions of Robbery	142	(3)
Types of Robbers	145	(2)
Burglary	147	(3)
Dimensions of Burglary	147	(1)
The World of Burglary	148	(2)
Motor Vehicle Theft	150	(2)
Dimensions of Motor Vehicle Theft	150	(1)
Joyriders, Professionals, and Others	150	(2)
Larceny-Theft	152	(5)
The Extent of Shoplifting	153	(1)
Types of Shoplifters	154	(2)
Reactions to Shoplifting	156	(1)
Arson	157	(2)
Types of Arsonists	158	(1)
Larceny in the American Heart	159	(8)
The Rip-off Philosophy	160	(7)
Assaults against Children and Spouses	167	(38)
Physical Abuse of Children	167	(12)
Problems of Definition	169	(1)
The Discovery and Medicalization of Physical Abuse	170	(4)
Extent	174	(1)
Characteristics	175	(1)
Stress, Power, and Culture	176	(3)
Spouse Abuse	179	(9)
The Discovery of Spouse Abuse	180	(2)
Extent	182	(1)
Characteristics	183	(2)
Stress and Power---Again	185	(3)
Sexual Abuse of Children	188	(17)
Extent	189	(1)
Characteristics	190	(1)
Types of Molesters and Their Offenses	191	(4)
Adult-Child Sex: A Matter of Liberation?	195	(10)
Deviance and Organizations	205	(48)
Employee Theft	208	(6)
Pilferage	209	(2)
Embezzlement	211	(2)
Organizations as Victims	213	(1)
Police Corruption	214	(7)
Meat- and Grass-Eaters	215	(3)
Rotten Apples or Rotten Barrels?	218	(3)
Corporate Deviance	221	(12)
Price-Fixing: A Fact of American Industry?	223	(2)
``Would You Buy a Used Car from This Person?''	225	(3)
``You Are What You Eat''	228	(2)
The Badness of Good Business	230	(3)
Organized Crime	233	(20)
Characteristics and Structure	233	(4)
From Muscle to Respectability	237	(1)
Ethnic Succession	238	(1)
Sources of Profit	239	(14)
PART THREE Deviant Behavior in Contemporary Society	253	(164)
Deviant Drug Use	255	(42)
Drug Use as Deviance	256	(1)
Classification of Drugs	257	(3)
Alcohol	260	(12)
Alcohol as a Drug	260	(2)
Alcohol Use and Deviance	262	(3)
Alcoholism, Disease, and Problem Drinking	265	(3)
Correlates of Problem Drinking	268	(4)
Heroin	272	(10)
Heroin as a Drug	273	(3)
Heroin Use and Deviance	276	(3)
Correlates of Heroin Use	279	(3)
Marijuana	282	(4)
Marijuana as a Drug	283	(2)
Marijuana Use and Deviance	285	(1)
Correlates of Marijuana Use	285	(1)
Cocaine	286	(2)
Cocaine as a Drug	287	(1)
Cocaine Use and Deviance	288	(1)
Correlates of Cocaine Use	288	(1)
Prescription Drug Abuse	288	(1)
Performance-Enhancing Drugs	289	(8)
Mental Disorders	297	(31)
What Is Mental Disorder?	299	(3)
Correlates of Mental Disorder	302	(6)
Genetics	302	(1)
Social Class	303	(1)
Minorities and Mental Health	304	(1)
Family Setting	305	(1)
Male/Female Differences	306	(1)
Stress	307	(1)
Disease or Label?	308	(9)
Mental Disease as a Myth	309	(1)
A Labeling Theory of Mental Disorder	310	(4)
Criticisms and Contributions of Labeling Theory	314	(3)
Conflict and the Therapeutic State	317	(1)
Common Mental Disorders	318	(10)
Depression	318	(2)
Phobias	320	(2)
Treatment	322	(6)
Suicide	328	(27)
History of Suicide	329	(1)
Current Attitudes Toward Suicide	330	(2)
Public Opinion and Public Policy	331	(1)
Professional Opinion	331	(1)
Sociological Theories of Suicide	332	(2)
Social Integration	332	(1)
Status Integration	333	(1)
Community Migration	333	(1)
Incidence of Suicide	334	(1)
International	334	(1)
United States	335	(1)
Risk Factors and Correlates of Suicide	335	(9)
Risk Factors of Suicide	335	(2)
Correlates of Suicide	337	(7)
Failure to Seek Help	344	(1)
Warning Signs	344	(1)
Precipitating Events	345	(1)
Helping Someone Who Is Suicidal	346	(1)
Attempting Suicide	347	(1)
Physician-Assisted Suicide	347	(1)
Prevention and Protection	348	(7)
Cyberdeviance	355	(20)
Jeffrey Arbaugh
The Computer Underground	356	(12)
A Typology of the Computer Underground	357	(1)
The Relevant Actors of the Computer Underground	357	(5)
Subcultures of Deviance in the Computer Underground	362	(6)
Is the Computer Underground a Subculture?	368	(1)
Crime and the Internet	368	(1)
Sexual Deviance and Cyberspace	369	(6)
Opportunity for Sexual Deviance in Cyberspace	370	(1)
An Interview with White Eagle	371	(4)
Sexual Deviance and Sexual Harassment	375	(42)
An Interview with Tony	375	(2)
Prostitution	377	(16)
The Context of Prostitution	379	(5)
Becoming a Prostitute	384	(5)
The Pimp	389	(1)
Prostitution and Conflict	390	(3)
Homosexuality	393	(13)
Homosexuality: Condition or Behavior?	393	(2)
Becoming ``Homosexual''	395	(5)
Homosexuality as Deviance	400	(2)
Homosexuality and Conflict	402	(2)
The Debate over Gay Marriage	404	(2)
Sexual Harrassment	406	(11)
Name Index	417	(6)
Subject Index	423