The handbook of deviance

Intro -- Title page -- Table of Contents -- Contributors -- Introduction -- References -- Acknowledgments -- Part I: Deviance -- 1 The Sociology of Deviance -- The Scope of the Sociology of Deviance -- The Two Sociologies of Deviance: An Introduction -- Delineating Crime from Deviance -- Institutional Violence: Deviance and Harm -- Concluding Remarks -- References -- 2 Deviance and Social Control -- Social Control and Social Order -- The Control of Deviance and Crime -- Visions and Revisions of Social Control -- The Future of Social Control -- References -- 3 Regulating Vice -- Why Regulate Vice? -- Surveying the Range of Controls -- One Guiding Principle for Vice Regulation -- Robustly Regulating Casino Gambling -- Changing Times -- Vice on the Internet -- References -- 4 Deviant Subcultures and Lifestyles -- Cockfighting -- Female Prostitution -- Stripping -- Male Homosexuality -- Concluding Remarks -- References -- 5 Positive Deviance -- Definitions -- Examples of Positive Deviance and a Typology -- Normative-Reactivist Typology -- Ideas about Positive Deviance -- The Relativity and Complexity of Positive Deviance -- Theoretical Analysis -- Research -- Concluding Thoughts -- References -- Part II: Ongoing Deviance Dynamics -- 6 The Process of Deviantization -- The Deviantization Process: An Introduction -- Stigma Contests: The Process of Deviantization -- Deviantization and Meaning-Creation -- Conclusion -- References -- 7 Changing Definitions of Deviance -- Definitional Relativity -- Defining Deviance Up and Down -- Ideology, Sociocultural Change, and Definitions of Deviance -- Summary and Conclusions -- References -- 8 The Medicalization of Deviance: From Badness to Sickness -- Mental Disorder and Medicalization -- Homosexuality, Demedicalization, and the DSM -- Pharmaceuticalization? Biomedicalization?.

"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. Composed of over 30 essays written by an international array of scholars and meticulously edited by one of the best known authorities on the study of deviance Features chapters on cutting-edge topics, such as terrorism and environmental degradation as forms of deviance Each chapter includes a critical review of what is known about the topic, the current status of the topic, and insights about the future of the topic Covers recent theoretical innovations in the field, including the distinction between positivist and constructionist perspectives on deviance, and the incorporation of physical appearance as a form of deviance "--