Deviant Behavior

Informationen zum Autor Erich Goode is Sociology Professor Emeritus at Stony Brook University; he has taught at half-dozen universitiesand is the author of eleven books. During his career! he received a Guggenheim Fellowship! the Lady Davis Teaching Fellowship! the President's Award for Excellence in Teaching! and the SUNY-wide Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Teaching. Goode is married and lives in New York City. Zusammenfassung Deviant Behavior provides a comprehensive study of the behavior! beliefs! conditions! and reactions to deviance! giving students a better understanding of this phenomenon. Deviance is discussed from the sociological perspectives of positivism and constructionism. Readers will grasp the reason behind deviant behavior through the positivist perspective and why certain actions! beliefs! and physical characteristics are condemned through the constructionist perspective.New to this edition:Two chapters on crime make clearer distinctions between criminalization of behavior! vs. criminal behavior itselfMore discussion of the relativity of deviance! including how murder is socially and legally constructedExpands the notion that conspiracy theory is a form of cognitive deviance New discussion furthers the difference between labeling theory and constructionismNew Section on environmental pollution with reference to "green criminology"New section added on Deviance and Harm Newsworthy new features include:A Formerly Homeless Man Speaks OutVictimization and AbuseMass IncarcerationStop and FriskMissing Black Men? (with implications for families and demography)Arrest-Incarceration GapDisparities in SentencingThe End of the Crime Decline?The Brother of a Murder Victim Speaks OutA Tattoo Collector Gets InkedFaculty-Student SexReflections on Studying BDSM Inhaltsverzeichnis Brief Contents Preface and AcknowledgmentsDetailed Table of Contents Chapter 1 An Introduction to DevianceChapter 2 Explaining Deviant BehaviorChapter 3 Constructing DevianceChapter 4 Poverty and DisreputeChapter 5 Crime and CriminalizationChapter 6 Criminal BehaviorChapter 7 White Collar and Corporate Crime Chapter 8 Substance Abuse Chapter 9 Sexual Deviance Chapter 10 Unconventional BeliefsChapter 11 Mental DisorderChapter 12 Deviant Physical Characteristics Chapter 13 Tribal Stigma: Race! Religion! and EthnicityConcluding Thoughts References ...

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• Autori: Erich Goode, Erich (Independent Researcher) Goode
• Editore: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 16.06.2016
• EAN: 9781138656024
• ISBN: 978-1-138-65602-4
• Pagine: 406
• Categoria: Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Sociologia