Deviant behavior

Summary: 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.

Record details

ISBN: 9781138656024
ISBN: 113865602X
ISBN: 9781138191907
ISBN: 1138191906
ISBN: 9781315643632
ISBN: 1315643634
ISBN: 9781315640235
ISBN: 9781317276395 (ePub ebook)
ISBN: 9781317276401 (PDF ebook)
ISBN: 9781317276388 (Mobipocket ebook)
Physical Description: print
xvi, 406 pages ; 23 cm
Edition: Eleventh edition.
Publisher: New York : Routledge-Taylor and Francis Group, 2016.

Content descriptions

General Note:	Revised edition of the author's Deviant behavior, 2014.
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references.
Formatted Contents Note:	Preface and acknowledgments -- Detailed table of contents -- An introduction to deviance -- Explaining deviant behavior -- Constructing deviance -- Poverty and disrepute -- Crime and criminalization -- Criminal behavior -- White collar and corporate crime -- Substance abuse -- Sexual deviance -- Unconventional beliefs -- Mental disorder -- Deviant physical characteristics -- Tribal stigma : race, religion, and ethnicity -- Concluding thoughts -- References.