Sociology of Deviant Behavior - Hardcover

Clinard, Marshall B.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0534619479 ISBN 13: 9780534619473

Publisher: Cengage Learning, 1980

Synopsis

This text has been the market leader for more than 40 years. It continues its popularity due to its thorough updating of data, facts, and figures while retaining the basic focus on solid research findings through a sociological point of view. Designed to appeal to today's students, the 12th 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.

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Review:

PART I: INTRODUCTION TO DEVIANCE. 1. The Nature and Meaning of Deviance. 2. Deviant Events and Social Control. PART II EXPLAINING DEVIANCE. 3. Becoming Deviant. 4. Theories in Deviance. PART III: DEVIANCE AND CRIME. 5. Crimes of Interpersonal Violence. 6. Nonviolent Crime. 7. White-Collar and Corporate Crime. PART IV: TYPES OF DEVIANCE. 8. Drug Use and Addiction. 9. Drunkenness and Alcoholism. 10. Suicide. 11. Heterosexual Deviance. PART V: STUDIES IN STIGMA. 12. Gays, Lesbians, and Homophobia. 13. Physical Disabilities. 14. Mental Disorders. PART VI: LOOKING AHEAD. 15. Recent Forms of Deviance.

About the Author:

Robert F. Meier has been Professor the School of Criminology and Criminal Justice at the University of Nebraska at Omaha (UNO) since 1998. He obtained his Ph.D. in Sociology from the University of Wisconsin at Madison and has held faculty positions at the University of California, Washington State University, and Iowa State University before coming to UNO. Dr. Meier is the author or editor of 23 books, original and revised editions, and over 75 articles in professional journals, book chapters, and technical reports. He has been a member of the American Sociological Association, Midwest Sociological Society, American Society of Criminology, and the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences. He is a consultant for the National Science Foundation, National Research Council, and the National Institute of Justice. He has served as associate editor for the American Sociological Review, Criminology, Sociological Inquiry, and Deviant Behavior, and as Vice President of the American Society of Criminology. Marshall Clinard (1911-2010) was Professor Emeritus of Sociology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He wrote numerous books and articles on deviance and sociology, and was a major contributor to our understanding of white-collar and corporate criminality.

About this edition

• Publisher: Cengage Learning
• Publication date: 1980
• ISBN 10: 0534619479
• ISBN 13: 9780534619473
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 688