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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...
