Readings In Deviant Behavior

by Thio, Alex; Calhoun, Thomas C.

• ISBN13: 9780205454525
• ISBN10: 0205454526
• Edition: 4th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2006-01-01
• Publisher: Allyn & Bacon

Summary

This collection of 53 readings represents the full range of deviance sociology. They deal with many different theories collected via different research methodologies. This new edition features 23 new articles, ranging from noncriminal deviance to crimes in cyberspace.The text has been applauded by readers. One user writes, ";The articles have been extremely well-selected. They cover classical and current issues in deviance. Many are on the 'cutting edge' . . . the coverage of theories of deviance is outstanding because while the selections are relatively short, they convey the essence of each of the perspectives.";

Table of Contents

Preface	xi
About the Editors	xiii
Introduction	1	(8)
PART ONE DEFINING AND RESEARCHING DEVIANCE	9	(24)
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	(8)
Erich Goode
PART TWO POSITIVIST THEORIES	33	(18)
Anomie-Strain Theory	35	(6)
Robert K. Merton
Differential Association Theory	41	(3)
Edwin H. Sutherland
Donald R. Cressey
Control Theory	44	(3)
Travis Hirschi
Shaming Theory	47	(4)
John Braithwaite
PART THREE CONSTRUCTIONIST THEORIES	51	(26)
Labeling Theory	53	(3)
Howard S. Becker
Phenomenological Theory	56	(3)
Jack Katz
Conflict Theory	59	(5)
Richard Quinney
Feminist Theory	64	(6)
Kathleen Daly
Postmodernist Theory	70	(7)
David O. Friedrichs
Jessica Friedrichs
PART FOUR PHYSICAL VIOLENCE	77	(34)
Suicide Bombing: The Power of the Powerless	79	(10)
Christoph Reuter
Serial Murder: Popular Myths and Empirical Realities	89	(9)
James Alan Fox
Jack Levin
What Triggers School Shootings?	98	(7)
Michael S. Kimmel
Matthew Mahler
``I Hope Someone Murders Your Mother!'': Extreme Support for the Death Penalty	105	(6)
Margaret Vandiver
David J. Giacopassi
Peter R. Gathje
PART FIVE INTIMATE VIOLENCE	111	(28)
How Women Construct Rape	113	(7)
Amy L. Chasteen
``Giving In'' to Unwanted Sex with the Husband	120	(8)
Kathleen C. Basile
Intimate Stalking: Characteristics and Consequences	128	(4)
Jennifer L. Dunn
Female Genital Mutilation	132	(7)
Donald G. Barstow
PART SIX SELF-TARGETED DEVIANCE	139	(24)
Seeking Justice: A Chinese Woman's Suicide	141	(5)
Veronica Pearson
Meng Liu
Self-Injurers: A ``Lonely Crowd''	146	(4)
Patricia A. Adler
Peter Adler
Being Sane in Insane Places	150	(6)
David L. Rosenhan
The Emergence of Hyperactive Adults as Abnormal	156	(7)
Peter Conrad
Deborah Potter
PART SEVEN VICTIMS OF STIGMA	163	(26)
Unjustly Treating People with Disabilities	165	(4)
Jeanie Akamanti
The Stigma of Obesity	169	(7)
Erich Goode
Deaf Culture's Opposition to Cochlear Implants	176	(5)
Bonnie Poitras Tucker
``You're Not a Retard, You're Just Wise''	181	(8)
Steven J. Taylor
PART EIGHT HETEROSEXUAL DEVIANCE	189	(26)
The Globalization of Sex Tourism	191	(10)
Nancy A. Wonders
Raymond Michalowski
Parade Strippers: Being Naked in Public	201	(6)
Craig J. Forsyth
Exotic Dancers: ``Where Am I Going to Stop?''	207	(4)
Jennifer K. Wesely
``Everyone Knows Who the Sluts Are'': How Young Women Get around the Stigma	211	(4)
Jennifer L. Dunn
PART NINE DRUG USE	215	(22)
Binge Drinking on College Campus	217	(4)
Keith F. Durkin
Scott E. Wolfe
Kara Lewis
Predictors of Smoking among College Students	221	(4)
Karen M. Emmons
Henry Wechsler
George Dowdall
Melissa Abraham
OxyContin: A Prescription for Disaster	225	(6)
James A. Inciardi
Jennifer L. Goode
Profiling College Druggies	231	(6)
Elizabeth Ehrhardt Mustaine
Richard Tewksbury
PART TEN DEVIANCE IN CYBERSPACE	237	(22)
Child Porn on the Net	239	(5)
Ethel Quayle
Max Taylor
Rapes on the Internet	244	(6)
Jennifer Lynn Gossett
Sarah Byrne
Online Accounts of Unrepentant Pedophiles	250	(5)
Keith F. Durkin
Clifton D. Bryant
Deception in Online Dating	255	(4)
Andrea Baker
PART ELEVEN PRIVILEGED DEVIANCE	259	(24)
Criminal Telemarketing: A Profession on the Line	261	(8)
Neal Shover
Glenn S. Coffey
Dick Hobbs
The Neutralization of Professional Deviance among Veterinarians	269	(5)
DeAnn M. Kalich
Societal Causes of Political Corruption	274	(5)
Xiaohui Xin
Thomas K. Rudel
Enron: Organizational Rituals as Deviance	279	(4)
Jason S. Ulsperger
J. David Knottnerus
PART TWELVE UNDERPRIVILEGED DEVIANCE	283	(22)
Shoplifters: ``The Devil Made Me Do It''	285	(5)
Paul Cromwell
Quint Thurman
Burglary: The Offender's Perspective	290	(6)
Paul Cromwell
The Immediate Experiences of Carjacking	296	(4)
Bruce A. Jacobs
Volkan Topalli
Richard Wright
A Sociological Analysis of Animal Cruelty	300	(5)
Clifton P. Flynn
PART THIRTEEN CONTROLLING DEVIANCE	305	(26)
How Social Science Can Reduce Terrorism	307	(3)
Scott L. Plous
Philip G. Zimbardo
Struggling with Cybercon	310	(7)
Lea Goldman
Legalize It? A Bulletin from the War on Drugs	317	(7)
Erich Goode
Everyday Surveillance in Postmodern Society	324	(7)
William G. Staples
Name Index	331	(8)
Subject Index	339