Deviant Behavior - Hardcover

Goode, Erich

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0132259540 ISBN 13: 9780132259545

Publisher: Routledge, 1993

Synopsis

This text provides a comprehensive and balanced exploration of the many differet forms of deviant behaviour and the major sociological perspectives and theories of deviance. It includes many examples, boxed inserts and first-hand accounts of deviant behaviour. New to this edition is a chapter on social control, crime and social problems, a consideration of feminist theories of deviance and a discussion on the new sociology of social control.

About this title

About the Author

Erich Goode is Sociology Professor Emeritus at Stony Brook University and Visiting Scholar at New York University; he also taught at the University of Maryland, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, and the University of North Carolina. Professor Goode received his PhD in Sociology from Columbia. He is the author of ten books, including Deviance in Everyday Life (2002, Waveland Press), Moral Panics (with Nachman Ben-Yehuda, 2nd edition, 2009, Wiley-Blackwell), and Drugs in American Society (7th edition, 2008, McGraw-Hill), as well as the editor of seven anthologies of collected or original writings. During his career, he received a Guggenheim Fellowship, the Lady Davis Teaching Fellowship, the President's Award for Excellence in Teaching, and the SUNY-wide Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Teaching. Goode has published articles in a wide range of venues, including academic journals (Social Problems, Deviant Behavior, The American Journal of Sociology), newspapers (The Washington Post, Newsday), literary journals (Raritan, The Palo Alto Review), and magazines (The Skeptical Inquirer, The Evergreen Review). Professor Goode is married and lives in New York City.

From the Back Cover

Deviant Behavior, Seventh Edition, will help you to understand deviance by using the major sociological perspectives and theories and by providing a comprehensive, balanced examination of the conceptual foundation of the sociology of deviance. The author imparts a practical knowledge about real-world matters throughout that will enable you to think clearly about these issues.

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Edition details

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 1993
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0132259540
• ISBN 13: 9780132259545
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 4
• Number of pages: 480