Deviant Behavior
Published on 26. September 2005
Book
Paperback/Softback
432 pages
978-0-13-089351-2 (ISBN)
Description
For undergraduate courses in Deviance and Deviant Behavior in departments of sociology, criminology, and criminal justice.
This new mainstream text is the only book that provides a comprehensive and comparative analysis of deviant behavior and the impact of culture and globalization in defining deviance in the United States and around the world.
This new mainstream text is the only book that provides a comprehensive and comparative analysis of deviant behavior and the impact of culture and globalization in defining deviance in the United States and around the world.
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Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
Pearson Education (US)
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 178 mm
Width: 236 mm
Thickness: 20 mm
Weight
712 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-13-089351-2 (9780130893512)
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Content
I. AN OVERVIEW OF DEVIANT BEHAVIOR.
1. Introduction to the Study of Deviant Behavior.
2. Theoretical Perspectives on Individual Forms of Deviant Behavior.
3. Theoretical Perspectives on Rates of Deviant Behavior.
II. VIOLENT FORMS OF DEVIANT BEHAVIOR.
4. Homicide.
5. Domestic Violence.
6. Suicide.
III. MENTAL ILLNESS, ADDICTIVE BEHAVIORS, AND SEXUAL DEVIANCE.
7. Mental Illness.
8. Alcohol Abuse.
9. Illicit Drug Use. 10. Sexual Offending.
IV. PROPERTY OFFENDING.
11. Property Crime.
12. White-Collar and Organized Crime. 13. Cyberdeviance.
V. POSITIVE DEVIANCE AND EXTREME FORMS OF BEHAVIOR.
14. Positive Deviance.
15. Extreme Forms of Everyday Behavior.
VI. DEVIANCE IN THE 21ST CENTURY.
16. Terrorism and the Future of Global Deviance.
1. Introduction to the Study of Deviant Behavior.
2. Theoretical Perspectives on Individual Forms of Deviant Behavior.
3. Theoretical Perspectives on Rates of Deviant Behavior.
II. VIOLENT FORMS OF DEVIANT BEHAVIOR.
4. Homicide.
5. Domestic Violence.
6. Suicide.
III. MENTAL ILLNESS, ADDICTIVE BEHAVIORS, AND SEXUAL DEVIANCE.
7. Mental Illness.
8. Alcohol Abuse.
9. Illicit Drug Use. 10. Sexual Offending.
IV. PROPERTY OFFENDING.
11. Property Crime.
12. White-Collar and Organized Crime. 13. Cyberdeviance.
V. POSITIVE DEVIANCE AND EXTREME FORMS OF BEHAVIOR.
14. Positive Deviance.
15. Extreme Forms of Everyday Behavior.
VI. DEVIANCE IN THE 21ST CENTURY.
16. Terrorism and the Future of Global Deviance.