Sociology of deviant behavior / Marshall B. Clinard, Robert F. Meier
Imprint
Fort Worth : Harcourt College, c2001
Edition
11th ed
Descript
xvii, 568 p. [100] p. ; 24 cm
CONTENT
Nature of deviance: Nature and meaning of deviance ; Deviant events and social control ; Social context of deviance -- Explaining deviance: Becoming deviant ; General perspectives on deviance: anomie anc conflict theories ; Labeling, control, and learning theories of deviance -- Forms of deviance: Crimes of interpersonal violence ; Nonviolent crime ; White-collar and corporate crime ; Drug use and addiction ; Drunkenness and alcoholism ; Sexual deviance ; Suicide -- Studies in stigma: Physics disabilities and eating disorders ; Homosexuality and homophobia ; Mental disorders