DEVIANCE AND CONFORMITY - ROLES, SITUATIONS AND RECIPROCITY

• NCJ Number: 12283
• Author(s): S PALMER
• Date Published: 1970
• Length: 208 pages
• Sale Source: College and University Press

Annotation

THEORETICAL DISCUSSION OF THE EMERGENCE OF DEVIANT BEHAVIOR WHICH OCCURS AS A RESPONSE TO DIFFERING LEVELS OF TENSION IN SOCIAL SYSTEMS AND IN INDIVIDUALS.

Abstract

DRAWING UPON THE WORK OF SOCIOLOGISTS AND SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGISTS, THE AUTHOR SETS FORTH A TENSION THEORY OF SOCIAL INTERACTION. THE INITIAL CHAPTERS PRESENT AN OVERVIEW OF THIS FORMULATION, AND DISCUSS THE NATURE OF PATTERNED SOCIAL SITUATIONS, ESPECIALLY AS THEY INCORPORATE THE QUALITIES OF DRAMA AND GAME. THE FOLLOWING MATERIAL FOCUSES ON PROCESS OF CHANGE. IN THE CLOSING CHAPTERS, THE FORMULATION IS BROUGHT TO BEAR ON TWO SPECIFIC AND EXTREME FORMS OF DEVIANCE - MURDER AND SUICIDE. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT MODIFIED)