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Klappentext Social Deviance and Crime unites two topics that are usually separated: the study of social deviance and the study of criminal behavior. Traditionally, the study of deviance introduces students to various types of deviance, giving the impression that these are distinct acts requiring equally distinct and unique explanations. Zusammenfassung Social Deviance and Crime unites two topics that are usually separated: the study of social deviance and the study of criminal behavior. Traditionally, the study of deviance introduces students to various types of deviance, giving the impression that these are distinct acts requiring equally distinct and unique explanations. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. What Is Deviance? Conceptualizations of Deviance Absolutist Approach Legalistic Approach Reactive Approach Group Evaluation Approach A Synthetic Approach Legality and Deviance Applications Examples 2. Types Of Deviance Classification A Middle-Class Norm-Based Typology The Organization of Crime and Deviance The Organizational Continuum 3. Individualized Deviance Introduction Suicide What Is Suicide? How Much Suicide Is There? Characteristics of Suicide Serial Murder What Is Serial Murder? A Brief History of Serial Murder The Prevalence of Serial Killing Characteristics of Serial Killing 4. Subcultural Deviance Deviant Drug Use What Is Deviant Drug Use? A Common Conceptualization of Drugs Classification of Deviantly Used Drugs Variations in Drug Use How Organized Is Drug Use? Street Gangs What Is Gang Delinquency? The Criminal Activity of Gangs Extent of Street Gangs: The 'Gang Problem' Composition of Gangs How Organized Is the Gang? 5. Fully Organized Deviance Perfectionism What Was Perfectionism? Organized Deviance How Organized Was Perfectionism? Organized Crime What Is Organized Crime? How Organized Is Organized Crime? Does Organized Crime Even Exist? Multinational and International Organized Crime 6. Deviance/Crime and Society The Inevitability of Deviance Possible Usefulness of Deviance The Elasticity of Evil General Theories About Norms Anomalies to Be Explained Explanations for the Anomalies Consensus Theory Conflict Theory Social Psychological Theory Limited Perspectives Processes of Deviance Creation 7. Deviance/Crime and Social Change Deviance and Social Processes Types of Social Change How Deviance Gets Started Sources of New Behavior Transforming Behavior Into Deviance How Deviance Succeeds Recruitment Intensified Opposition Problems of Growth and Expansion The Fruits of Success Examples 8. Extent of Deviance and Conformity How Much Conformity Is There? How Much Deviance Is There? Sources of Information Generational Variations 9. Who Does Deviance and Crime? Demographic Variations Gender Age Minority Status Social Attachment Place of Residence Socioeconomic Status Geographic Location Regional Variations Personal Variations Intelligence Personality Religiosity Family Structure and Process Peer Involvement 10. Ad Hoc Explanations Gender Age Socio-Economic Status Minority Status Social Attachment Size of Settlement Geographic Location Personality Family Structure and Process Peer Association Prior Deviance 11. External Motivation Theories Learning Structural Inducements Situational Inducements Interaction Process 12. Internal Motivation Theories Self Theories Reactance Theory Psycho-Dynamic Theory 13. Internal Constraint Theories Self Control Morality Theories 14. External Constraint Theories Deterrence Social Control<...
