Readings in Deviant Behavior

by Thio, Alex

• ISBN13: 9780205319046
• ISBN10: 0205319041
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2000-11-01
• Publisher: Prentice Hall

Summary

This collection of readings represents the full range of deviance sociology, dealing with many different theories as well as data collected via different research methodologies.Designed to be used as either a main text or a supplement, Readings in Deviant Behavior includes selections with high student appeal. All of the readings have been carefully edited for clarity, conciseness, and forcefulness to ensure that students will find them easy and enjoyable to read while learning what deviance is all about. The second edition features many new articles that reflect current trends, especially those dealing with noncriminal deviance as well as those that emphasize the constructionist perspective.

Table of Contents

Preface	ix
About the Editors	xi
Introduction	1	(8)
PART ONE DEFINING AND RESEARCHING DEVIANCE	9	(30)
Images of Deviance	11	(4)
Stephen Pfohl
Defining Deviancy Down	15	(3)
Daniel Patrick Moynihan
Strategies for Researching Street Deviance	18	(7)
Leon Anderson
Thomas C. Calhoun
Pleasures and Perils in Deviance Research	25	(14)
Erich Goode
PART TWO POSITIVIST THEORIES	39	(16)
Strain Theory	41	(5)
Robert K. Merton
Differential Association Theory	46	(3)
Edwin H. Sutherland
Donald R. Cressey
Control Theory	49	(3)
Travis Hirschi
Shaming Theory	52	(3)
John Braithwaite
PART THREE CONSTRUCTIONIST THEORIES	55	(26)
Labeling Theory	57	(3)
Howard S. Becker
Phenomenological Theory	60	(3)
Jack Katz
Conflict Theory	63	(4)
Richard Quinney
Feminist Theory	67	(7)
Jody Miller
Postmodern Theory	74	(7)
David O. Friedrichs
Jessica Friedrichs
PART FOUR CRIMINAL DEVIANCE	81	(32)
Men and Violence: Is the Pattern Universal?	83	(11)
Dane Archer
Patricia McDaniel
Date Rape on College Campuses	94	(5)
Martin D. Schwartz
Burglary: The Offender's Perspective	99	(6)
Paul Cromwell
White-Collar Crime	105	(8)
Gilbert Geis
PART FIVE DRUG USE	113	(32)
Drug Use in America: An Overview	115	(8)
Erich Goode
Drug Crisis: The American Nightmare	123	(5)
Elliott Currie
Cigarette Smoking as Deviant Behavior	128	(9)
Erich Goode
Pleasure versus Public Health: Controlling Collegiate Binge Drinking	137	(8)
Thomas A. Workman
PART SIX HETEROSEXUAL DEVIANCE	145	(46)
Sex Tourism in Southeast Asia	147	(5)
Jody Miller
Mother Sold Food, Daughter Sells Her Body: The Cultural Continuity of Prostitution	152	(6)
Marjorie A. Muecke
Parade Strippers: Being Naked in Public	158	(5)
Craig J. Forsyth
The Naked Body as Site and Sight: The ``Accounts'' of Amateur Strippers	163	(13)
Thomas C. Calhoun
Julie Ann Harms Cannon
Rhonda Fisher
Strip Club Dancers: Working in the Fantasy Factory	176	(15)
Elizabeth Anne Wood
PART SEVEN HOMOSEXUALITY AND HOMOPHOBIA	191	(32)
Rejecting ``Femininity'': Gender Identity Development in Lesbians	193	(4)
Margaret Cooper
Radical Gay Activism: A Critical Gay's View	197	(5)
Bruce Bawer
Bareback Sex, Bug Chasers, and the Gift of Death	202	(8)
DeAnn K. Gauthier
Craig J. Forsyth
The Social Organization of Male Prostitution	210	(5)
Robert P. McNamara
Homophobia in Schools	215	(8)
Andrew S. Walters
David M. Hayes
PART EIGHT ACADEMIC AND PROFESSIONAL DEVIANCE	223	(24)
Situational Ethics and College Student Cheating	225	(4)
Emily E. LaBeff
Robert E. Clark
Valerie J. Haines
George M. Diekhoff
Criminologists as Criminals	229	(7)
Barbara H. Zaitzow
Matthew B. Robinson
Psychotherapists' Accounts of Their Professional Misdeeds	236	(6)
Mark R. Pogrebin
Eric D. Poole
Amos Martinez
Police Lying: ``Fluffing Up the Evidence and Covering Your Ass''	242	(5)
Tom Barker
David Carter
PART NINE DISABILITIES AND STIGMATIZATION	247	(34)
How the Mentally Challenged See Themselves	249	(7)
Michael V. Angrosino
Cross-Cultural Patterns in Eating Disorders	256	(8)
Jennifer E. Pate
Andres J. Pumariega
Colleen Hester
David M. Garner
Anorexics and Bulimics: Developing Deviant Identities	264	(5)
Penelope A. McLorg
Diane E. Taub
The Stigmatization of Persons with HIV Disease	269	(12)
Richard Tewksbury
Deanna McGaughey
PART TEN CYBERDEVIANCE	281	(34)
The Social Construction of Hackers as Deviants	283	(10)
Paul A. Taylor
Let Your Fingers Do the Talking: Sex on an Adult Chat Line	293	(12)
Diane Kholos Wysocki
On-Line Accounts of Unrepentant Pedophiles	305	(10)
Keith F. Durkin
Clifton D. Bryant
PART ELEVEN DEVIANT SPORTS	315	(36)
Cockfighting: The Marketing of Deviance	317	(13)
Donna K. Darden
Steven K. Worden
The World of Dogfighting	330	(9)
Rhonda D. Evans
Craig J. Forsyth
The Techniques of Neutralization among Deer Poachers	339	(8)
Stephen L. Eliason
Richard A. Dodder
Hints of Deviance in Bingo	347	(4)
Constance Chapple
Stacey Nofziger
PART TWELVE PUZZLING DEVIANCES	351	(38)
``It's a White Thing'': An Exploration of Beliefs about Suicide in the African-American Community	353	(5)
Kevin E. Early
Ronald L. Akers
Media Depictions of Harm in Heavy Metal and Rap Music	358	(10)
Amy Binder
Tattoos Are Like Potato Chips . . . You Can't Have Just One	368	(6)
D. Angus Vail
Panhandlers: Overcoming the Nonperson Treatment	374	(15)
Stephen E. Lankenau
Name Index	389	(8)
Subject Index	397