Deviance and Deviants - A Sociological Approach

Informationen zum Autor William E. Thompson is Professor of Sociology and Criminal Justice at Texas A&M University-Commerce. He is the co-author of Society in Focus: An Introduction to Sociology (with J. Hickey and M. Thompson, 8th edition, 2017) a leading introductory sociology textbook, and Juvenile Delinquency: A Sociological Approach (with J. Bynum, 10th edition, 2017) one of the foremost textbooks on delinquency studies. Professor Thompson has published more than forty articles in professional journals, including several that have been reprinted in textbooks and anthologies. Jennifer C. Gibbs is Assistant Professor of Criminal Justice at Pennsylvania State University-Harrisburg. With articles published in several journals, including Crime, Law and Social Change, Police Practice and Research: An International Journal, and Violence Against Women, Dr. Gibbs is a member of the American Society of Criminology and the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences. Klappentext Often misconstrued as a synonym for depravity, deviance reflects more profoundly on the socially-constructed norms it is defined in opposition to than on the individual behaviors it is used to describe. This groundbreaking new textbook provides an engaging, sociologically-informed examination of how deviance is defined and what it means to be classed a deviant. Featuring an analytical through-line assessing the role of media in crafting and perpetuating definitions of deviance, the book examines an array of sexual, mental, and criminal deviances, as well as addressing those that are often overlooked, such as elite deviance, cyberdeviance, and deviant occupations. The authors interrogate pseudoscientific explanations for deviant behavior debunking many of the myths associated with deviance.With questions to measure specific learning outcomes, a rolling glossary of key terms, and insights from people who have themselves been labeled as deviant, Deviance and Deviants will inform and enlighten students interested in better understanding the nuances of society's relationship with deviance. Zusammenfassung This comprehensive and engaging textbook provides a fresh and sociologically-grounded examination of how deviance is constructed and defined and what it means to be classed a deviant. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface xivAbout the Companion Website xvi1 Defining Social Deviance and Deviants 1Student Learning Outcomes 1What is Deviance? 2The absolutist position 3The statistical anomaly view 3Box 1.1: In their own words: Being deviant: A left-hander in a right-handed world 4The Sociological Perspective 7The Social Construction of Deviance 7Norms, social control, and a range of tolerance 8Importance of culture, time, place, and situation 11Importance of acts, actors, and audience 13The Role of Media in Defining Deviance 15Moral entrepreneurs, moral crusades, and moral panics 15Confusing crime and deviance 16Equating diversity with deviance 17Negative and Positive Results of Deviance 17Negative consequences of deviance 18Positive aspects of deviance 19Summary 20Outcomes Assessment 20Key Terms and Concepts 212 Deviance and Social Identity 22Student Learning Outcomes 22Becoming Deviant 23Deviance as a Status 23Deviance as a master status 24Primary and secondary deviance 27Box 2.1: In their own words: Primary deviance: Student cheating 28Deviant career 29Deviance as a Role 30Role-taking, role embracement, role merger, and role engulfment 30Role distance: The deviant deviant 32Deviance, Deviants, and Stigma 32Managing a Spoiled Identity 33Deviance, Identity, and The Media 34Summary 36Outcomes Assessment 37Key Terms and Concepts 373 Popular Notions and Pseudoscientific Explanations for Deviance 38Student Learning Outcomes 38Demonology: "The Devil Made Me Do It" 39Box 3.1: In their own words: Interview with a twenty-year-old wiccan 41Morality, Immorality, an...

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface xiv
 
About the Companion Website xvi
 
1 Defining Social Deviance and Deviants 1
 
Student Learning Outcomes 1
 
What is Deviance? 2
 
The absolutist position 3
 
The statistical anomaly view 3
 
Box 1.1: In their own words: Being deviant: A left-hander in a right-handed world 4
 
The Sociological Perspective 7
 
The Social Construction of Deviance 7
 
Norms, social control, and a range of tolerance 8
 
Importance of culture, time, place, and situation 11
 
Importance of acts, actors, and audience 13
 
The Role of Media in Defining Deviance 15
 
Moral entrepreneurs, moral crusades, and moral panics 15
 
Confusing crime and deviance 16
 
Equating diversity with deviance 17
 
Negative and Positive Results of Deviance 17
 
Negative consequences of deviance 18
 
Positive aspects of deviance 19
 
Summary 20
 
Outcomes Assessment 20
 
Key Terms and Concepts 21
 
2 Deviance and Social Identity 22
 
Student Learning Outcomes 22
 
Becoming Deviant 23
 
Deviance as a Status 23
 
Deviance as a master status 24
 
Primary and secondary deviance 27
 
Box 2.1: In their own words: Primary deviance: Student cheating 28
 
Deviant career 29
 
Deviance as a Role 30
 
Role-taking, role embracement, role merger, and role engulfment 30
 
Role distance: The deviant deviant 32
 
Deviance, Deviants, and Stigma 32
 
Managing a Spoiled Identity 33
 
Deviance, Identity, and The Media 34
 
Summary 36
 
Outcomes Assessment 37
 
Key Terms and Concepts 37
 
3 Popular Notions and Pseudoscientific Explanations for Deviance 38
 
Student Learning Outcomes 38
 
Demonology: "The Devil Made Me Do It" 39
 
Box 3.1: In their own words: Interview with a twenty-year-old wiccan 41
 
Morality, Immorality, and Deviance 42
 
Positivism, Pseudoscience, and the Medical Model of Deviance 44
 
Early biological and physiological theories of deviance 44
 
The medical model of deviance 48
 
The medicalization of deviance 49
 
Blame it on the Media 50
 
Print media and deviance 50
 
Television, movies, video games and deviance 52
 
Media violence, aggression, and deviant behavior 53
 
The internet and the power of social media 54
 
Fallacies of Popular Notions and Pseudoscientific Explanations 55
 
Summary 56
 
Outcomes Assessment 56
 
Key Terms and Concepts 57
 
4 Sociological Explanations for Deviance 58
 
Student Learning Outcomes 58
 
A Functionalist Perspective on Deviance 59
 
Strain theories 60
 
Deviant subcultures 63
 
Strengths and weaknesses of the functionalist perspective 65
 
The Conflict Perspective and Deviant Behavior 66
 
The marxian heritage 66
 
The social reality of crime and delinquency 67
 
Social threat theory 68
 
Strengths and weaknesses of the conflict perspective 68
 
Interactionist Theories and the Constructionist View of Deviance 69
 
Labeling theories 71
 
Social learning theories 73
 
Control theories 75
 
Strengths and weaknesses of interactionist theories 76
 
A Feminist Perspective on Deviance 77
 
The Pervasive Influence of the Media 78
 
Box 4.1: In their own words: By Noah Nelson 79
 
Summary 80
 
Outcomes Assessment 81
 
Key Terms and Concepts 81
 
5 Deviant Occupations 8

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Gibbs, Jennifer C Gibbs, Jennifer C. Gibbs, Jennifer C. (Pennsylvania State University- Gibbs, Gibbs Jennifer C., Thompson, We Thompson, William Thompson, William E Thompson, William E. Thompson, William E. (Texas A&m University-Commerc Thompson, William E. Gibbs Thompson, Thompson William E.
• Verlag: Wiley, John and Sons Ltd
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 31.08.2016
• EAN: 9781118604595
• ISBN: 978-1-118-60459-5
• Seiten: 336
• Themen: Sozialwissenschaften, Recht,Wirtschaft > Recht > Strafrecht, Strafprozessrecht, Kriminologie; Kriminologie, Law, Criminology, Rechtswissenschaft, Offenders / Criminals