deviance

The authors (of Canada's U. of Ontario Institute of Technology and York U.) originally intended this book as the third e...

This long-standing anthology presents the interactionist approach to the study of deviance, examining deviance as a soci...

Her attempts to revive the sociology of deviant stymied by the academic culture, Hendershott (sociology, U. of San Diego...

Are "deviant" and "criminal" behaviors inherently wrong or evil? Taking an innovative cross-cultural approach, Deviance ...

Comprised of 46 classic and contemporary sociological readings, this anthology discusses theories of deviance and studie...

Most primary deviation is of transitory significance and involves a fairly insignificant punishment. Extreme Deviance fo...

A very scholarly, upper-level text examining deviance and social control using nine major theoretical perspectives. For ...

Does religion have the power to control behavior? Are religious people less apt to steal, cheat, use drugs and alcohol, ...

Weighted towards the social constructionist approach, the 42 chapters in this reader present a variety of studies and pe...

This fully updated book reflects the most recent changes that have taken place within the study of criminal and deviant ...

The text's latest edition takes particular note of the increasingly global nature of criminal practices that have grown ...

Now in a fully revised and updated second edition, this important work provides authoritative scientific and applied per...