Sociology of Deviant Behavior

by Clinard, Marshall B.; Meier, Robert F.

• ISBN13: 9780155065697
• ISBN10: 0155065696
• Edition: 11th
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2000-11-17
• Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing

Summary

Designed to appeal to today's students, the eleventh edition examines topics with relevance for today - cultural and social reactions to deviance; the growing interest in white collar and corporate crime; and the importance of the Internet and computer communications in changing views on deviance in modern life.

Table of Contents

Preface	v
Part I The Nature of Deviance	1	(76)
The Nature and Meaning of Deviance	3	(24)
Deviant Events and Social Control	27	(22)
The Social Context of Deviance	49	(28)
Part II Explaining Deviance	77	(80)
Becoming Deviant	79	(30)
General Perspectives on Deviance: Anomie and Conflict Theories	109	(22)
Labeling, Control, and Learning Theories of Deviance	131	(26)
Part III Forms of Deviance	157	(282)
Crimes of Interpersonal Violence	159	(38)
Nonviolent Crime	197	(26)
White-Collar and Corporate Crime	223	(34)
Drug Use and Addiction	257	(54)
Drunkenness and Alcoholism	311	(44)
Sexual Deviance	355	(44)
Suicide	399	(40)
Part IV Studies in Stigma	439	(2)
Physical Disabilities and Eating Disorders	441	(40)
Homosexuality and Homophobia	481	(52)
Mental Disorders	533
References	R-1
Name Index	IN-1
Subject Index	IN-11