The Sociology of Deviance

by Weis, Joseph G.

• ISBN13: 9780759349261
• ISBN10: 0759349266
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2004-12-20
• Publisher: Cengage Learning

Summary

A collection of readings in the sociology of deviance by various Authors. Examines definitions of deviance, deviant behavior, the observation and measurement of deviance, types of deviant behavior, common explanations of deviance, managing deviant identities and more.

Table of Contents

What is Deviance?: Definitions of Deviance, Deviant Behavior, and Deviants
A General Theory of Deviance: Deviance, Opportunity, and Normality	p. 1
Stigma and Social Identity	p. 9
Defining Deviance Down	p. 15
How Do We Study Deviance?: The Observation and Measurement of Deviance
Juicing, Burning, and Tooting: Observing Drug Use Among Professional Hockey Players	p. 23
Doing Research on Burglars	p. 31
Crime Statistics: Reporting Systems and Methods	p. 47
Who are the Deviants?: Types of Deviant Behavior and Deviants, Particularly Among College Students
Crime in the Ivory Tower: The Level and Sources of Student Victimization	p. 75
Cigarette Smoking for Practices Among American College Students: Review and Future Directions	p. 107
Another Look at Heavy Episodic Drinking and Alcohol Use Disorders among College and Noncollege Youth	p. 121
Trends in Marijuana and Other Illicit Drug Use Among College Students: Results from 4 Harvard School of Public Health College Alcohol Study Surveys: 1993-2001	p. 137
Learning from Literature on College Cheating: A Review of Empirical Research	p. 149
Tattooing and Body Piercing: Body Art Practices Among College Students	p. 165
Common Explanations of Deviance
Supernatural to Structural
Historical Explanations of Crime: From Demons to Politics	p. 177
The Devil and Deviance in Native Criminal Naratives from Early Mexico	p. 193
Epidemics of Accusations: Medieval and Modern Witch Crazes	p. 205
The Medical Model of Deviance
Medical Model of Madness: The Emergence of Mental Illness	p. 217
The Myth of Mental Illness	p. 261
Schizophrenia as Ideology	p. 271
Public Conceptions of Mental Illness in 1950 and 1996: What is Mental Illness and Is it to be Feared?	p. 279
The Run on Ritalin: Attention Deficit Disorder and Stimulant Treatment in the 1990s	p. 299
What Causes Deviant Behavior?: Sociological Theories of "Deviant Behavior"
Social Disorganization and Cultural Deviance
Deviant Places: A Theory of the Ecology of Crime	p. 311
Neighborhood Disadvantage and Adult Depression	p. 325
The Current State of Differential Association Theory	p. 337
The Influence of Situational Ethics on Cheating Among College Students	p. 347
Social Control
A Control Theory of Delinquency	p. 357
A Social Process Model of Adolescent Deviance: Combining Social Control and Differential Association	p. 371
Strain
Modeling Durkeim on the Micro Level: A Study of Youth Suicidality	p. 381
Illegitimate Means, Anomie, and Deviant Behavior	p. 397
Life Style, Routine Activities, Rational Choice, and Situational Factors
Social Change and Crime Rate Trends: A Routine Activity Approach	p. 415
Routine Activities and Individual Deviant Behavior	p. 423
When Crime Pays: Capital, Competence, and Criminal Success	p. 445
Opportunities and Decisions: Interactional Dynamics in Robbery and Burglary Groups	p. 461
What Causes Deviance?: Sociological Theories of "Deviance"
Conflict Theory
The Poverty of the Sociology of Deviance: Nuts, Sluts, and Perverts	p. 481
Conflict and Criminality	p. 501
Social Reality of Crime	p. 517
Labeling Theory
Sociopathic Individuation	p. 523
Labeling Mental Illness: The Effects of Received Services and Perceived Stigma on Life Satisfaction	p. 527
Managing Deviant Identities
Fighting Back: Nine Modes of Adaptation to a Deviant Label	p. 539
Return to Sender: Reintegrative Stigma-Management Strategies of Ex-Psychiatric Patients	p. 557
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