Readings in Deviant Behavior by Alex Thio
This collection of readings represents the full range of deviance sociology, dealing with many different theories collected via different research methodologies.
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Table of Contents
* New readings are starred *
I. DEFINING AND RESEARCHING DEVIANCE.
1. Images of Deviance, Stephen Pfohl.
2. Defining Deviancy Down, Daniel Patrick Moynihan.
3. Strategies for Researching Street Deviance, Leon Andersen and Thomas C. Calhoun.
4. Pleasures and Perils in Deviance Research, Erich Goode.
II. POSITIVIST THEORIES.
5. Anomie-Strain Theory, Roert K. Merton.
6. Differential Association Theory,Edwin H. Sutherland and Donald R. Cressey.
7.Control Theory, Travis Hirschi.
8. Shaming Theory, John Braithwaite.
III. CONSTRUCTIONIST THEORIES.
9. Labeling Theory, Howard S. Becker.
10. Phenomenological Theory, Jack Katz.
11. Conflict Theory, Richard Quinney.
12. Feminist Theory, Kathleen Daly.
13. Postmodernist Theory, David O. Friedrichs and Jessica Friedrichs.
IV. PHYSICAL VIOLENCE.
*14. Suicide Bombing: The Power of the Powerless, Christopher Reuter.
15. Serial Murder: Popular Myths and Empirical Realities, James Alan Fox and Jack Levin.
*16. What Triggers School Shootings?, Michael S. Kimmel and Matthew Mahler.
*17. "I Hope Someone Murders Your Mother!": Extreme Support for the Death Penalty, Margaret Vandiver, David J. Giacopassi, and Peter R. Gathje.
V. INTIMATE VIOLENCE.
18. How Women Construct Rape, Amy L. Chasteen.
19. "Giving In" to Unwanted Sex with the Husband, Kathleen C. Basile.
*20. Intimate Stalking: Characteristics and Consequences, Jennifer L. Dunn.
21. Female Genital Mutilation, Donald G. Barstow.
VI. SELF-TARGETED DEVIANCE.
*22. Seeking Justice: A Chinese Woman's Suicide, Veronica Pearson and Meng Liu.
*23. Self Injurers: A "Lonely Crowd," Patricia A. Adler and Peter Adler.
24. Being Sane in Insane Places, David L. Rosenhan.
25. The Emergence of Hyperactive Adults as Abnormal, Peter Conrad and Deborah Potter.
VII. VICTIMS OF STIGMA.
*26. Unjustly Treating People with Disabilities, Jeanie Akamanti.
27. The Stigma of Obesity, Erich Goode.
28. Deaf Culture's Opposition to Cochlear Implants, Bonnie Poitras Tucker.
29. "You're Not a Retard, You're Just Wise," Steven J. Taylor.
VIII. HETEROSEXUAL DEVIANCE.
30. The Globalization of Sex Tourism, Nancy A. Wonders and Raymond Michalowski.
31. Parade Strippers: Being Naked in Public, Craig J. Forsyth.
*32. Exotic Dancers: "Where Am I Going to Stop?" Jennifer K. Wesely.
33. "Everyone Knows Who the Sluts Are": How Young Women Get Around the Stigma, Jennifer L. Dunn.
IX. DRUG USE.
*34. Binge Drinking on College Campus, Keith F. Durkin, Scott E. Wolfe, and Kara Lewis.
35. Predictors of Smoking Among College Students, Karen Emmons, Henry Wechsler, George Dowdall, and Melissa Abraham.
*36. OxyContin: A Prescription for Disaster, James A. Inciardi and Jennifer L. Goode.
*37. Profiling College Druggies, Elizabeth Ehrhardt Mustaine and Richard Tewksbury.
X. DEVIANCE IN CYBERSPACE.
38. Child Porn on the Net, Ethel Quayle and Max Taylor.
*39. Rapes on the Internet, Jennifer Lynn Gossett and Sarah Byrne.
40. Online Accounts of Unrepentant Pedophiles, Keith F. Durkin and Clifton D. Bryant.
*41. Deception in Online Dating, Andrea Baker.
XI. PRIVILEGED DEVIANCE.
*42. Criminal Telemarketing: A Profession on the Line, Neal Shover, Glenn S. Coffey, and Dick Hobbs.
*43. The Neutralization of Professional Deviance Among Veterinarians, DeAnn M. Kalich.
*44. Societal Causes of Political Corruption, Xiaohui Xin and Thomas K. Rudel.
*45. Enron: Organizational Rituals and Deviance, Jason S. Ulsperger and J. David Knottnerus.
XII. UNDERPRIVILEGED DEVIANCE.
*46. Shoplifters: "The Devil Made Me Do It," Paul Cromwell and Quint Thurman.
47. Burglary: The Offender's Perspective, Paul Cromwell.
*48. The Immediate Experience of Carjacking, Bruce A. Jacobs, Volkan Topalli, and Richard Wright.
*49. A Sociological Analysis of Animal Cruelty, Clifton P. Flynn.
XIII. CONTROLLING DEVIANCE.
*50. How Social Science Can Reduce Terrorism, Scott L. Plous and Philip Zimbardo.
*51. Struggling with Cybercon, Lea Goldman.
*52. Legalize It? A Bulletin from the War on Drugs, Erich Goode.
53. Everyday Surveillance in Postmodern Society, William G. Staples.
Additional information
CIN0205454526G
9780205454525
0205454526
Readings in Deviant Behavior by Alex Thio
Used - Good
Paperback
Pearson Education (US)
2006-01-12
368
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