Social Deviance (eBook)

Tim Delaney (Autor)

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2017
470 Seiten
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers (Verlag)
978-1-4422-5254-7 (ISBN)

Infos

Social Deviance is a comprehensive textbook that uses real life phenomena and current examples to maintain student interest. Each chapter includes chapter-opening objectives and vignette, end of chapter glossary and discussion questions, and boxed material.

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The topic of social deviance is inherently intriguing. People in general, and college students in particular, find the topic of deviant behavior fascinating. This can be explained, at least in part, by a combination of the subject matter itself, our own past deviant behaviors, and our willingness and desire to evaluate and comment on the behaviors of others. While the topic of deviant behavior seems straightforward at the surface, the study of social deviance reveals how complicated it really is. Although Social Deviance utilizes a textbook-style approach in its coverage of deviant behavior, this comprehensive, straightforward, and student-friendly book maintains student interest because of the author's use of real life phenomena and current examples. Each chapter includes chapter objectives, an introductory story, a glossary of key terms, discussion questions, and boxed material. The boxed materials include "e;A Closer Look"e; box that zooms in on topics that warrant deeper explanation; and a "e;Connecting Social Deviance and Popular Culture"e; box that shows how contemporary forms of popular culture illustrate deviant behavior.

Autor

Tim Delaney is a professor and department chair of sociology at the State University of New York at Oswego. He earned his B.S. in sociology from SUNY Brockport, M.A. degree in sociology from California State University Dominquez Hills, and a Ph.D. in sociology from the University of Nevada at Las Vegas. Delaney has published seventeen books to date and numerous book chapters, journal and encyclopedia articles and has been published in five continents. Among his book publications are, Classical and Contemporary Social Theory: Investigation and Application (2014), American Street Gangs, 2nd edition (2014) and Beyond Sustainability: A Thriving Environment (2014, co-authored with Tim Madigan). Professor Delaney is listed as a "media expert" and regularly grants interviews with newspapers, radio and television news programs primarily across the United States and Canada.

Inhalt

Brief Table of ContentsChapter 1. What is Social Deviance?Chapter 2. Social Deviance and Social ProblemsChapter 3. Explaining Social DevianceChapter 4. White Collar Crime, Political, and Organized CrimeChapter 5. Street Crime: Violent Offenses and Property OffensesChapter 6. Social Deviance and ViolenceChapter 7. Alcohol and Social DevianceChapter 8. Drug Use and Abuse and Social DevianceChapter 9. Cyber Technology and Social DevianceChapter 10. Mental Illness and Disorders and Social Deviance Chapter 11. Sexual Social Deviance Chapter 12. Environmental Social DevianceChapter 13. Social Control and Deviant BehaviorChapter 14. Social Deviance and Its Omnipresence BibliographyIndex

Produkt-Details

• Zusatzinfo: 98 Illustrations including: - 1 Black & White Illustrations; - 54 Halftones, Color including Color Photographs; - 13 Tables; - 30 Text Boxes.
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Recht / Steuern ► Strafrecht ► Kriminologie
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
• Schlagworte: Delaney, Deviance • Deviance • deviance in society • Deviant • deviant behavior • social deviance
• ISBN-10: 1-4422-5254-5 / 1442252545
• ISBN-13: 978-1-4422-5254-7 / 9781442252547