Suchergebnisse

Introducing deviance -- Explaining deviant behavior -- Constructing deviance -- Poverty and the hierarchy of social class -- Crime, criminalization, and criminal behavior -- White collar and corporate crime -- Political deviance -- Substance abuse -- Sexual deviance -- Unconventional beliefs -- Mental disorder -- Undesirable physical characteristics -- Tribal stigma: race and ethnicity.

"What makes behavior deviant and who gets to decide what deviance is? Deviant Behavior seeks to answer these questions and more. This compelling text is for undergraduate students who are curious about the social forces that shape deviance, the motivations and consequences of deviant behaviors, and how our definition of deviance changes over time. Authors Jack Humphrey and Frank Schmalleger discuss a wide range of deviant behaviors - from criminal acts to extreme forms of typical behavior - and provide the necessary foundation to understand the impact of globalization on traditional and emerging forms of deviance. Students will explore deviance in our modern world using a systematic application of social and criminological theories to a range of deviant behaviors, including cyberdeviance and positive deviance, to help them better understand themselves, others, and their society"--

The new 2022 edition of the most widely taught deviance text brings us into a changing political era. A new chapter on political deviance includes a section that defines political deviance, emphasizing a sociological and not an ideological definition. It also covers which sectors of the society define what constitutes political deviance; and political deviance and its relation to social change. In addition, the chapter on substance abuse provides more discussion of marijuana legalization and decriminalization. Although disease as potential deviance has been covered, the COVID-19 pandemic greatly expands discussions on this topic. Updated throughout, this new edition includes expanded coverage of Black Lives Matter, sexual harassment, the social construction of immigration, and other topics. A new section on logic, reasoning, and verification of facts is an important new feature for student critical thinking while it addresses the recent politics of truth and lying, including QAnon.

Front Cover -- Dedication -- Contents -- Preface -- About the Authors -- Chapter One: What Is Deviant Behavior? -- Chapter Two: Theoretical Explanations -- Chapter Three: Constructionist Approaches -- Chapter Four: Interpersonal Violence -- Chapter Five: Self-Destructive Deviance -- Chapter Six: Family Violence and Deviance -- Chapter Seven: Social Inequality and Deviance Issues -- Chapter Eight: Physical and Mental Differences as Deviance -- Chapter Nine: Business and Organized Crime -- Chapter Ten: Governmental Deviance -- Chapter Eleven: Cybercrimes -- Chapter Twelve: Human Trafficking and Commercial Sex -- Chapter Thirteen: Unconventional Beliefs and Behaviors -- Back Cover