Deviant Behavior
International Edition
9th Edition
Published on 20. May 2010
Book
Paperback/Softback
368 pages
978-0-205-83622-2 (ISBN)
Description
This widely-adopted text seeks to understand deviance from the key sociological perspectives and theories. Real-world examples of deviance are provided throughout to encourage critical thinking about deviant behavior and its impact.
More details
Edition
9th edition
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Dimensions
Height: 178 mm
Width: 231 mm
Thickness: 17 mm
Weight
488 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-205-83622-2 (9780205836222)
Copyright in bibliographic data and cover images is held by Nielsen Book Services Limited or by the publishers or by their respective licensors: all rights reserved.
Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
New editions
Erich Goode
Deviant Behavior
Book
04/2014
10th Edition
Routledge
€133.70
Article exhausted; check for reprint
Previous edition
Erich Goode
Deviant Behavior
Book
03/2007
8th Edition
Routledge
Unfortunately, price unknown
No shipping information available
Person
Erich Goode is Sociology Professor Emeritus at Stony Brook University and Visiting Scholar at New York University; he also taught at the University of Maryland, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, and the University of North Carolina. Professor Goode received his PhD in Sociology from Columbia. He is the author of ten books, including Deviance in Everyday Life (2002, Waveland Press), Moral Panics (with Nachman Ben-Yehuda, 2nd edition, 2009, Wiley-Blackwell), and Drugs in American Society (7th edition, 2008, McGraw-Hill), as well as the editor of seven anthologies of collected or original writings. During his career, he received a Guggenheim Fellowship, the Lady Davis Teaching Fellowship, the President's Award for Excellence in Teaching, and the SUNY-wide Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Teaching. Goode has published articles in a wide range of venues, including academic journals (Social Problems, Deviant Behavior, The American Journal of Sociology), newspapers (The Washington Post, Newsday), literary journals (Raritan, The Palo Alto Review), and magazines (The Skeptical Inquirer, The Evergreen Review). Professor Goode is married and lives in New York City.
Content
IN THIS SECTION:
1.) BRIEF
2.) COMPREHENSIVE
BRIEF TABLE OF CONTENTS:
Chapter 1 Introduction
Chapter 2 Explaining Deviant Behavior: Positivist Theories
Chapter 3 Constructionist Perspectives of Deviance
Chapter 4 Studying Deviance: Research Methods
Chapter 5 Criminal Behavior: An Introduction
Chapter 6 Violence
Chapter 7 Alcohol Abuse
Chapter 8 Illicit Drug Use
Chapter 9 Sexual Deviance
Chapter 10 Deviant Organizational Behavior
Chapter 11 Cognitive Deviance: Unconventional Beliefs
Chapter 12 Mental Disorder
Chapter 13 Physical Characteristics as Deviance
COMPREHENSIVE TABLE OF CONTENTS:
Chapter1 Introduction Deviance in Everyday Life
So, What Is Deviance?
Societal and Situational Deviance
The ABCs of Deviance
Deviant Behavior
Deviant Attitudes and Beliefs
Physical Characteristics
Tribe, Race, Religion and Nation
Chart 1.1 Goffman's Typology of Stigma/Deviance
Relativity
Deviance: Essentialism and Constructionism
Summary
Account: Clinical Depression
Questions
Chapter 2 Explaining Deviant Behavior: Positivist Theories Deviant Behavior: Why Do They Do It?
Free Will, Rational Calculation, and Routine Activities Theory
Social Disorganization and the Chicago School
Anomie or Strain Theory
Anomie Theory into the 1990s and Beyond
Differential Association and Learning Theory
The General Theory of Crime: Social Control Theory
Summary
Account: A Computer Pirate Tells His Story
Questions
Chapter 3 Constructionist Perspectives of Deviance Constructionist Approaches to Deviance: An Introduction
Deviance and Social Control
Formal and Informal Social Control
Perspectives that Focus on Defining Deviance
Labeling or Interactionist Theory
Conflict Theory
Feminism
Controlology or the New Sociology of Social Control
Summary
Account: Cody, the Identity-Constructing Homosexual
Questions
Chapter 4 Studying Deviance: Research Methods
The Use of Official Data
Survey Research
Participant Observation
Narratives, Autobiographies, Life Histories, and Personal Accounts
Ethical Issues in the Study of Deviance: Tearoom Sex, a Case Study
Summary
Account: Field Experiment: Two Guys Holding Hands in Public, Steven Clayton
Questions
Chapter 5 Criminal Behavior: An Introduction Crime and Deviance: A Conceptual Distinction
Common Law and Statutory Law
What Is Our Mission? Construction versus Positivism
The Uniform Crime Reports
Violent Crime
Table 5.1 The FBI's Index Crimes, 1991-2007
Property Crime
Property Crime as Deviance
Shoplifting and Employee Theft
Discrepancies
Summary
Account: Omar's Story
Questions
Chapter 6 Violence Murder
Forcible Rape
Robbery
Summary
Account: Having a Deviant Father
Questions
Chapter 7 Alcohol Abuse
Alcohol: An Introduction Who Drinks? Who Doesn't?
Alcohol: Essentialism versus Constructionism
Acute Effects of Alcohol: A (Mainly) Essentialistic Introduction
Alcohol Consumption: Death on the Highway
Alcohol and Violence: An Introduction
Alcohol and Violence: The International Picture
Table 7-1 Top 20 Countries, Per Capita Alcohol Consumption
Table 7-2 Top 32 Countries, Per Capita Rate of Criminal Homicide
Alcohol and Murder: The Crime Drop in America?
Table 7-3 Homicide Rate by Per Capita Alcohol Consumption, 1950-2007
Alcohol and Murder: Individual Comparisons
Alcohol Consumption and Sexual Victimization
Alcohol and Drug Use
Table 7-4 Illicit Drug Use in Past Month by Alcohol Use in Past Month
Table 7-5 Use of Illicit Drugs in Past Month by Use of Alcohol and Cigarettes in
Past Month
Table 7-6 Alcohol and Illicit Drug Use, 8th, 10th, and 12th Graders
Summary
Boxed Insert: A WHO Report on Alcohol Use and Unsafe Sex
Account: Harry, The Debonair Drinker
Questions
Chapter 8 Illicit Drug Use Drug Use: The Social Construction of a Social Problem
What is Drug Use?
A Classification of Drugs and Their Effects
Table 8.1 A Classification of Psychoactive Drugs, with Examples
Marijuana Use in the United States, 1960-2007
Marijuana Use as Deviance and Crime
Hallucinogenic Drugs
Cocaine and Crack
Heroin and the Narcotics
Methamphetamine
Summary
Account: Smoking Marijuana
Questions
Chapter 9 Sexual Deviance What's Deviant about Sexual Behavior?
Essentialism versus Constructionism
Homosexuality
Table 9.1 Attitudes on Homosexuality, 1982-2008/2009
Sex Work
Extramarital Sex
Gender: The Crucial Ingredient
Summary
Account: Bondage and Discipline Sex
Questions
Chapter 10 Deviant Organizational Behavior White-Collar and Corporate Crime
Corporate Crime: Correlative Features
Boxed Insert: Four Recent Examples of Corporate Deviance
Was the 2008 Financial Crisis a Form of Deviance at All?
Police Use of Excessive Force
The Sexual Abuse of Children by Roman Catholic Priests
Summary
Account: Employee Pilferage
Questions
Chapter 11 Cognitive Deviance: Unconventional Beliefs The Social Functions of Belief Systems
Religious Sects and Cults
Creationism, Intelligent Design, and Evolution
Paranormal Beliefs as Deviant
Summary
Account: The Belief That Extraterrestrials Are on Earth
Questions
Chapter 12 Mental Disorder What Is Mental Disorder?
Models of Mental Disorder
Essentialism Approaches Mental Disorder
Constructionism
Labeling Theory
The Modified Labeling Approach
Boxed Insert: On Being Sane in Insane Places
The Epidemiology of Mental Disorder
Chemical Treatment of Mental Disorder
Boxed Insert: Deinstitutionalization
Deviance and Mental Disorder: An Overview
Summary
Account: Interview with Anna-Maria, a Manic-Depressive
Questions
Chapter 13 Physical Characteristics as Deviance Abominations of the Body: An Introduction
Physical Disability
Conformity to and Violations of Esthetic Standards
Body Modification as Physical Deviance
Obesity
Freaks
Disability and Tertiary Deviance
Summary
Account: Jan, the Transitioning Transsexual
Questions
References
1.) BRIEF
2.) COMPREHENSIVE
BRIEF TABLE OF CONTENTS:
Chapter 1 Introduction
Chapter 2 Explaining Deviant Behavior: Positivist Theories
Chapter 3 Constructionist Perspectives of Deviance
Chapter 4 Studying Deviance: Research Methods
Chapter 5 Criminal Behavior: An Introduction
Chapter 6 Violence
Chapter 7 Alcohol Abuse
Chapter 8 Illicit Drug Use
Chapter 9 Sexual Deviance
Chapter 10 Deviant Organizational Behavior
Chapter 11 Cognitive Deviance: Unconventional Beliefs
Chapter 12 Mental Disorder
Chapter 13 Physical Characteristics as Deviance
COMPREHENSIVE TABLE OF CONTENTS:
Chapter1 Introduction Deviance in Everyday Life
So, What Is Deviance?
Societal and Situational Deviance
The ABCs of Deviance
Deviant Behavior
Deviant Attitudes and Beliefs
Physical Characteristics
Tribe, Race, Religion and Nation
Chart 1.1 Goffman's Typology of Stigma/Deviance
Relativity
Deviance: Essentialism and Constructionism
Summary
Account: Clinical Depression
Questions
Chapter 2 Explaining Deviant Behavior: Positivist Theories Deviant Behavior: Why Do They Do It?
Free Will, Rational Calculation, and Routine Activities Theory
Social Disorganization and the Chicago School
Anomie or Strain Theory
Anomie Theory into the 1990s and Beyond
Differential Association and Learning Theory
The General Theory of Crime: Social Control Theory
Summary
Account: A Computer Pirate Tells His Story
Questions
Chapter 3 Constructionist Perspectives of Deviance Constructionist Approaches to Deviance: An Introduction
Deviance and Social Control
Formal and Informal Social Control
Perspectives that Focus on Defining Deviance
Labeling or Interactionist Theory
Conflict Theory
Feminism
Controlology or the New Sociology of Social Control
Summary
Account: Cody, the Identity-Constructing Homosexual
Questions
Chapter 4 Studying Deviance: Research Methods
The Use of Official Data
Survey Research
Participant Observation
Narratives, Autobiographies, Life Histories, and Personal Accounts
Ethical Issues in the Study of Deviance: Tearoom Sex, a Case Study
Summary
Account: Field Experiment: Two Guys Holding Hands in Public, Steven Clayton
Questions
Chapter 5 Criminal Behavior: An Introduction Crime and Deviance: A Conceptual Distinction
Common Law and Statutory Law
What Is Our Mission? Construction versus Positivism
The Uniform Crime Reports
Violent Crime
Table 5.1 The FBI's Index Crimes, 1991-2007
Property Crime
Property Crime as Deviance
Shoplifting and Employee Theft
Discrepancies
Summary
Account: Omar's Story
Questions
Chapter 6 Violence Murder
Forcible Rape
Robbery
Summary
Account: Having a Deviant Father
Questions
Chapter 7 Alcohol Abuse
Alcohol: An Introduction Who Drinks? Who Doesn't?
Alcohol: Essentialism versus Constructionism
Acute Effects of Alcohol: A (Mainly) Essentialistic Introduction
Alcohol Consumption: Death on the Highway
Alcohol and Violence: An Introduction
Alcohol and Violence: The International Picture
Table 7-1 Top 20 Countries, Per Capita Alcohol Consumption
Table 7-2 Top 32 Countries, Per Capita Rate of Criminal Homicide
Alcohol and Murder: The Crime Drop in America?
Table 7-3 Homicide Rate by Per Capita Alcohol Consumption, 1950-2007
Alcohol and Murder: Individual Comparisons
Alcohol Consumption and Sexual Victimization
Alcohol and Drug Use
Table 7-4 Illicit Drug Use in Past Month by Alcohol Use in Past Month
Table 7-5 Use of Illicit Drugs in Past Month by Use of Alcohol and Cigarettes in
Past Month
Table 7-6 Alcohol and Illicit Drug Use, 8th, 10th, and 12th Graders
Summary
Boxed Insert: A WHO Report on Alcohol Use and Unsafe Sex
Account: Harry, The Debonair Drinker
Questions
Chapter 8 Illicit Drug Use Drug Use: The Social Construction of a Social Problem
What is Drug Use?
A Classification of Drugs and Their Effects
Table 8.1 A Classification of Psychoactive Drugs, with Examples
Marijuana Use in the United States, 1960-2007
Marijuana Use as Deviance and Crime
Hallucinogenic Drugs
Cocaine and Crack
Heroin and the Narcotics
Methamphetamine
Summary
Account: Smoking Marijuana
Questions
Chapter 9 Sexual Deviance What's Deviant about Sexual Behavior?
Essentialism versus Constructionism
Homosexuality
Table 9.1 Attitudes on Homosexuality, 1982-2008/2009
Sex Work
Extramarital Sex
Gender: The Crucial Ingredient
Summary
Account: Bondage and Discipline Sex
Questions
Chapter 10 Deviant Organizational Behavior White-Collar and Corporate Crime
Corporate Crime: Correlative Features
Boxed Insert: Four Recent Examples of Corporate Deviance
Was the 2008 Financial Crisis a Form of Deviance at All?
Police Use of Excessive Force
The Sexual Abuse of Children by Roman Catholic Priests
Summary
Account: Employee Pilferage
Questions
Chapter 11 Cognitive Deviance: Unconventional Beliefs The Social Functions of Belief Systems
Religious Sects and Cults
Creationism, Intelligent Design, and Evolution
Paranormal Beliefs as Deviant
Summary
Account: The Belief That Extraterrestrials Are on Earth
Questions
Chapter 12 Mental Disorder What Is Mental Disorder?
Models of Mental Disorder
Essentialism Approaches Mental Disorder
Constructionism
Labeling Theory
The Modified Labeling Approach
Boxed Insert: On Being Sane in Insane Places
The Epidemiology of Mental Disorder
Chemical Treatment of Mental Disorder
Boxed Insert: Deinstitutionalization
Deviance and Mental Disorder: An Overview
Summary
Account: Interview with Anna-Maria, a Manic-Depressive
Questions
Chapter 13 Physical Characteristics as Deviance Abominations of the Body: An Introduction
Physical Disability
Conformity to and Violations of Esthetic Standards
Body Modification as Physical Deviance
Obesity
Freaks
Disability and Tertiary Deviance
Summary
Account: Jan, the Transitioning Transsexual
Questions
References