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Record Nr.

UNINA9910785455303321

Autore

Stevenson Robert Joseph

Titolo

Organizational reaction to social deviance : the military case / / Robert J. Stevenson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Algora Pub., 2010

ISBN

0-87586-791-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xvi, 248 pages) : illustrations

Disciplina

306.2/70973

Soggetti

Sociology, Military - United States

Military discipline - United States

Social control - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Social deviance and military sociology : introduction -- Internal controls : courts-martial -- Organizational reaction : "bad paper" discharges -- Containment and expulsion -- The physical and social risks of war -- Organizational reaction and the officer-enlisted distinction -- Organizational reaction and the volume of deviance in the army : the Vietnam era -- Social deviance in military institutions : summary and implications.

Sommario/riassunto

Military justice issues have become increasingly salient since 9/11. And indeed, the types and frequency of sanctioning in the military have changed substantially since World War II. This study explores differences in how officers and enlisted men are treated, how the different branches of the military have imposed sanctions, and changes in severity and frequency of sanctions during different periods of different wars. The character of social institutions is known by the nature of rule breakers discovered, or created, within them. The US Military produces casualties in terms of due to physical