Full Description
A contemporary collection of readings on deviant behaviorThis user-friendly reader contains readings that have been carefully written for clarity and conciseness. All of the articles reflect current trends in the sociology of deviance. The authors examine both criminal deviance (such as robbery and white-collar crime) and noncriminal deviance (such as pornography and tattooing). Deviance Today explores contemporary trends in the study of deviance such as the emphasis on the constructionist perspective and the greater use of ethnography. Learning GoalsUpon completing this book, readers will be able to:Understand major theories in the sociology of deviance Explore current trends in deviant behavior Explore different methodologies used to gather dataNote: MySearchLab does not come automatically packaged with this text. To purchase MySearcgLab, please visit:www.mysearchlab.com or you can purchase a valuepack of the text + MySearchLab (at no additional cost): ValuePack ISBN-10: 0205208754 / ValuePack ISBN-13: 9780205208753.
Contents
1) Brief Table of Contents2) Full Table of Contents 1) Brief Table of Contents Part One: Positivist Theories Part Two: Constructionist Theories Part Three: Physical Violence Part Four: Substance Use and Abuse Part Five: Sexual Deviance Part Six: Physical Manifestations of Deviance Part Seven: Elite Deviance Part Eight: Medical Deviance Part Nine: Deviant Communities Part Ten: Emergent Deviance2) Full Table of Contents Part 1: Positivist Theories Article 1: Strain and Anomie Theories--Timothy Brezina and Miranda Baumann Article 2: Control Theories of Deviance--Robert Agnew Part 2: Constructionist Theories Article 3: Labeling--Mark Konty Article 4: Conflict Theory: The Ongoing Battle--Addrain Conyers Article 5: Feminism and Deviance--Julie Ann Harms Cannon Part 3: Physical Violence Article 6: Robbery--Dee Wood Harper and Kelly Frailing Article 7: Child Abuse--Elizabeth Ehrhardt Mustaine Part 4: Substance Use and Abuse Article 8: Drug Use as Deviant Behavior--Erich Goode Article 9: "What's Goin' On?": Illicit Drug and Alcohol Use among College Students--Robert B. Jenkot Article 10: Academic Strain and Prescription Stimulant Misuse among College Students--Jason A. Ford and Ryan D. Schroeder Part 5: Sexual Deviance Article 11: Female Pornography Use and Sexual Coercion Perpetration--Poco D. Kernsmith and Roger M. Kernsmith Article 12: The Prohibitionist Critique of Prostitution--Ronald Weitzer Article 13: Exiting Street Prostitution: A Combination of Internal and External Factors--Sharon S. Oselin Part 6: Physical Manifestations of DevianceArticle 14: The Relationship between Tattooing and Deviance in Contemporary Society--Joshua Adams Article 15: Self-Mutilation and Body Modification--Jimmy D. Taylor Article 16: Typologies of Teenage Suicide: Analyzing Suicide Notes through Durkheimian Categories-- Richard Tewksbury, Ronald M. Holmes and David Patrick Connor Part 7: Elite Deviance Article 17: White-Collar Crime--Mandeep K. Dhami Article 18: How Men and Women Avoid the Stigma of White-Collar Crime--Paul M. Klenowski, Heith Copes, Christopher Mullins and Lynne Vieraitis Article 19: Clergy Misconduct as Elite Deviance: Assessing the Problem--Anson Shupe Part 8: Medical Deviance Article 20: Diagnosis as Stigma Management: The Case of Highly Stigmatized Gastrointestinal Symptoms of Celiac Disease--Denise A. Copelton Article 21: Care Giving without the Care: The Deviant Treatment of Residents in Nursing Homes--Jason S. Ulsperger and J. David Knottnerus Article 22: The Stigma of Obesity Erich Goode Part 9: Deviant CommunitiesArticle 23: Furries and Their Communities--Jackie Eller, A. R. Eller and Zachary Santoni-SanchezArticle 24: Are You "Deaf Enough?"--Melissa Powell-Williams Article 25: Lesbian/Queer Bathhouse Culture and the Organization of (Im)Personal Sex--Corie Hammers Part 10: Emergent Deviance Article 26: The Dawn of a New Era: Renewed Prospects for the Sociology of Deviance in the Internet Age--Keith F. Durkin Article 27: Paranormal Beliefs as Deviance--Erich Goode Article 28: Conceptualizing the Criminological Problem of Terrorism--James Ross
