The handbook on deviance /
edited by Erich Goode.
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- 1 online resource (44 entries) : 8 images ; digital files.
- Wiley handbooks in criminology and criminal justice .
- Wiley handbooks in criminology and criminal justice. .
Includes bibliographical references.
Contributors -- Introduction / Erich Goode -- Acknowledgments -- Part I. Deviance: the conceptual foundations: The sociology of deviance: an introduction / Erich Goode; Deviance and social control / Mathieu Deflem; Regulating vice / Jim Leitzel; Deviant subcultures and lifestyles / Craig J. Forsyth; Positive deviance / Druann Maria Heckert and Daniel Alex Heckert -- Part II. Ongoing deviance dynamics: The process of deviantization / Daniel Dotter; Changing definitions of deviance / John Curra; The medicalization of deviance: from badness to sickness / Joseph Schneider; Decriminalization / John Dombrink; What is homosexuality doing in deviance? / Jeffery P. Dennis -- Part III. Studying deviance: Quantitative methods in the study of deviance and crime / Jeff Ackerman; Studying deviance: qualitative methods / Richard Tewksbury; Explanatory paradigms in the study of deviance / Robert F. Meier -- Part IV. Approaches, explanations, factors: Critical criminology / Walter S. DeKeseredy; The interactionist approach to deviance / Addrain Conyers and Thomas C. Calhoun; Gender and deviance / Meredith G.F. Worthen and Danielle Dirks; Deviance and the mass media / David L. Altheide -- Part V. Individual deviance: Juvenile delinquency: its nature, causes, and control / Timothy Brezina and Robert Agnew; Alcohol use as deviance / Paul M. Roman; Drug use as deviance / Scott Akins and Clayton J. Mosher; Sociology and sexual deviance / Martin S. Weinberg and Colin J. Williams; Cognitive deviance: unconventional beliefs / Robin D. Perrin; Abominations of the body: physical characteristics as deviance / Erich Goode -- Part VI. Institutional deviance: Mental illness as a form of deviance: historical notes and contemporary directions / Peter Conrad and Julia Bandini; Poverty and disrepute / David L. Harvey; Environmental harm as deviance and crime / Avi Brisman; Organizational deviance: where have we been and where are we going? / Melanie Bryant; Marginalizing migrants: illegality, racialization, and vulnerability / Dean Wilson; Political deviance / Pat Lauderdale; Terrorism and counterterrorism / Austin T. Turk -- Part VII. Deviance futures: Deviance and social change / Nachman Ben-Yehuda; What's in store for the concept of deviance?: Reflections, speculations, predictions / Erich Goode.
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The Handbook of Deviance is a definitive reference for professionals, researchers, and students that provides a comprehensive and engaging introduction to the sociology of deviance.