Author: Nachman Ben-Yehuda
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Keywords: deviance, stigmatization, reversed, suny, series, social, science, abuse, moral, morality, panics, drug, politics, deviant
Number of Pages: 348
Published: 1990-04
List price: $74.50
ISBN-10: 0791401227
ISBN-13: 9780791401224
Author: Lee Rainwater
Publisher: Aldine Transaction
Keywords: liberty, deviance
Number of Pages: 437
Published: 1974-12-31
List price: $49.95
ISBN-10: 0202302636
ISBN-13: 9780202302638
Author: Dr. John O. Curra
Publisher: Sage Publications, Inc
Keywords: deviance, relativity
Number of Pages: 208
Published: 1999-08-04
List price: $60.95
ISBN-10: 0761907785
ISBN-13: 9780761907787
Exploring the meanings of social deviance and the public reaction to it, this clear and cogent book shows that what qualifies as deviance varies according to place, time and situation. The author demonstrates that deviance cannot be explained in terms of absolutes, nor can it be understood apart from its setting.
Author: Joel Best
Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing
Keywords: concept, career, deviance
Number of Pages: 100
Published: 2003-04-18
List price: $54.95
ISBN-10: 0534570011
ISBN-13: 9780534570019
One of America’s foremost experts on deviance, Joel Best, explores the history of the study of deviance in this short, highly accessible supplementary text. Joel Best covers the emergence of anomie theory in the 1950s, the rise of labeling theory in the 1960s, and the shifts in the field as it came under criticism from other theoretical perspectives.
Author: Robert Heiner
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Keywords: cultures, across, deviance
Number of Pages: 288
Published: 2007-09-06
List price: $47.95
ISBN-10: 0195177096
ISBN-13: 9780195177091
Are "deviant" and "criminal" behaviors inherently wrong or evil? Taking an innovative cross-cultural approach, Deviance Across Cultures spans the globe to give instructors an invaluable new resource for investigating the social construction of deviance. From studies on prostitution and drugs to examinations of religion and corporate deviance, this anthology--a collection of both classic and contemporary articles--responds to the growing need for interdisciplinary and global learning in deviance studies.To create a strong framework for inquiry, editor Robert Heiner has written a comprehensive i
Author: Henry Vandenburgh
Publisher: Prentice Hall
Keywords: essentials, deviance
Number of Pages: 240
Published: 2003-10-03
List price: $54.40
ISBN-10: 0130941131
ISBN-13: 9780130941138
For freshman through senior level courses in Deviance or Deviance Behavior found in departments of Sociology, Criminal Justice, or Human Services, as well as courses in Psychology and Anthropology. *This brief, very accessible and affordable text is designed especially for today’s students. It conveys the key theoretical and substantive issues to be found in deviance studies and presents the key information in a way that economizes on reading .
Author: Peter Aggleton
Publisher: Routledge
Keywords: society, deviance
Number of Pages: 144
Published: 1987-05-07
List price: unknow
ISBN-10: 0422604801
ISBN-13: 9780422604802
In simple and accessible language, Peter Aggleton introduces readers to some of the major debates about deviance and society.
