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Synopsis
Proposing an integrated theory of deviance, this book takes as its central premise that the total amount of control to which people are subjected, relative to the control they can exercise, will affect the probability and type of their deviant behaviour. The author reviews general theories such as anomie, Marxian conflict, social control, differential association/social learning, labelling, and routine activities, and suggests reasons why those theories are insufficient. Using real-world examples, he contends that deviance results from the convergence of four variables (disposition, motivation, opportunity and constraint), each of which represents an interactive nexus of several inputs - including, most prominently, a control imbalance. Control-balance theory also explains six basic types of deviance, ranging from predation, defiance and submissiveness at one end of a control-ratio continuum, to exploitation, plunder and decadence at the other.
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About the Author
Charles R. Tittle is professor of sociology at Washington State University at Pullman. He is the editor of Criminology, the journal of the American Society of Criminology, and the author of Society of Subordinates and Sanctions and Social Deviance.
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- PublisherRoutledge
- Publication date1995
- ISBN 10 0813326311
- ISBN 13 9780813326313
- BindingHardcover
- LanguageEnglish
- Edition number1
- Number of pages336
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