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Record Nr.

UNINA9910159453503321

Autore

Goode Erich

Titolo

Deviant behavior / / Erich Goode

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Routledge-Taylor and Francis, , 2016

ISBN

1-317-28660-X

1-138-65601-1

1-315-64363-4

1-317-28659-6

Edizione

[Eleventh edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (529 pages)

Disciplina

302.5/42

Soggetti

Deviant behavior

Criminal behavior

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Revised edition of the author's Deviant behavior, 2014.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

ch. 1. An introduction to deviance -- ch. 2. Explaining deviant behavior -- ch. 3. Constructing deviance -- ch. 4. Poverty and disrepute -- ch. 5. Crime and criminalization -- ch. 6. Criminal behavior -- ch. 7. White collar and corporate crime -- ch. 8. Substance abuse -- ch. 9. Sexual deviance -- ch. 10. Unconventional beliefs -- ch. 11. Mental disorder -- ch. 12. Deviant physical characteristics -- ch. 13. Tribal stigma : race, religion, and ethnicity -- ch. 14. Concluding thoughts.

Sommario/riassunto

Deviant Behavior provides a comprehensive study of the behavior, beliefs, conditions, and reactions to deviance, giving students a better understanding of this phenomenon. Deviance is discussed from the sociological perspectives of positivism and constructionism. Readers will grasp the reason behind deviant behavior through the positivist perspective and why certain actions, beliefs, and physical characteristics are condemned through the constructionist perspective. New to this edition: Two chapters on crime make clearer distinctions between criminalization of behavior, vs. criminal behavior itself More discussion of the relativity of deviance, including how murder is socially and legally constructed Expands the notion that conspiracy theory is a form of cognitive deviance New discussion furthers the difference between labeling theory and constructionism New Section on



environmental pollution with reference to "green criminology" New section added on Deviance and Harm Newsworthy new features include: A Formerly Homeless Man Speaks Out Victimization and Abuse Mass Incarceration Stop and Frisk Missing Black Men? (with implications for families and demography) Arrest-Incarceration Gap Disparities in Sentencing The End of the Crime Decline? The Brother of a Murder Victim Speaks Out A Tattoo Collector Gets Inked Faculty-Student Sex Reflections on Studying BDSM