Ebook: Deviant Behavior: Patterns, Sources, and Control
- Tags: Ethics, Sociology general
- Year: 1990
- Publisher: Springer US
- Edition: 1
- Language: English
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This book is for the student in the introductory course on deviant be havior and in related courses. A wide range of ideas and facts is set forth in a way that should be comprehensible to the student without prior knowledge of this area of study. In Chapter 1, "The Nature of Deviance," various ways of defining deviance are explored and one is settled upon: Deviance is behavior that is unusual, not typical, in a society or group. Chapter 2 is devoted to a preliminary consideration of several main currents of social thought that seek to explain why deviance comes about and is perpetrated. These explanations fall into four broad theo retical categories. First, there are those theories that view the major sources of deviance as having to do with the extent to which individ uals are bound into or dissociated from the group; these are termed social integration theories. Second, there are the cultural support the ories, which specify that there are subcultures of deviance, that is, bod ies of customs and values that advocate a given form of deviance and are socially transmitted from one person to another through the learn ing process. Third, there are social disorganization and conflict theo ries, which focus on the ways in which a lack of group organization and the presence of broad social and cultural conflicts bring about de viance.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-xvii
The Nature of Deviance....Pages 1-26
Explanations of Deviance....Pages 27-59
Criminal Homicide....Pages 61-89
Violent Crime: Assault, Rape, Robbery....Pages 91-115
Property, Corporate, and Government Crime....Pages 117-147
Prostitution....Pages 149-169
Homosexuality....Pages 171-191
Mental Illness....Pages 193-216
Suicide....Pages 217-245
Alcoholism and Drug Use....Pages 247-281
Back Matter....Pages 283-294
Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-xvii
The Nature of Deviance....Pages 1-26
Explanations of Deviance....Pages 27-59
Criminal Homicide....Pages 61-89
Violent Crime: Assault, Rape, Robbery....Pages 91-115
Property, Corporate, and Government Crime....Pages 117-147
Prostitution....Pages 149-169
Homosexuality....Pages 171-191
Mental Illness....Pages 193-216
Suicide....Pages 217-245
Alcoholism and Drug Use....Pages 247-281
Back Matter....Pages 283-294
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