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For one semester/quarter courses in Deviance, Social Deviance, and Deviant Behavior.
This widely-adopted text seeks to understand deviance from the key sociological perspectives and theories. Real-world examples of deviance are provided throughout to encourage critical thinking about deviant behavior and its impact.
Chapter 1: introduction
Chapter 2: Approaches to Deviance
Chapter 3: Explaining Deviant Behavior: Positivist Theories
Chapter 4: Constructionist Theories of Deviance
Chapter 5: Studying Deviance: Methods in Social Research
Chapter 6: Criminal Violence
Chapter 7: Legal Drugs: The Use of Alcohol and Tobacco
Chapter 8: Illicit Drug Use
Chapter 9: Sexual Deviance
Chapter 10: Cognitive Deviance: Holding Unconventional Beliefs
Chapter 11: Mental Disorder
Chapter 12: Physical Characteristics as Deviance
Chapter 13: Deviant Organizational Behavior