Rogue Clerics - The Social Problem of Clergy Deviance

Informationen zum Autor Anson Shupe Zusammenfassung During the past several years the mass media in the United States has been awash with reports of priestly pedophilia, ecclesiastical cover-up, and clerical intimidation or financial settlements intended to silence victims Inhaltsverzeichnis 1: Introduction; 2: Clergy Malfeasance as Secondary Deviance: Forms and Extent; 3: Clergy Malfeasance as Secondary Deviance: Dynamics of Exploitation; 4: The Angry Activists: Victim Advocacy as Countermovement Mobilization; 5: Counterreformation: Redress or Neutralization?; 6: Fallout from Clergy Malfeasance Revelations; Epilogue: Waiting for the Next Big Scandal

Product details

• Authors: Anson Shupe, Anson D. Shupe
• Publisher: Transaction Publishers
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 15.01.2008
• EAN: 9781412807043
• ISBN: 978-1-4128-0704-3
• No. of pages: 312
• Dimensions: 159 mm x 235 mm x 19 mm
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology; USA, Sociology, RELIGION / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Criminology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology of Religion, Religious issues & debates, United States of America, USA, Crime and criminology, Crime & criminology, Religious issues and debates