SOCIOLOGY OF DEVIANT BEHAVIOR. 3D ED.

• NCJ Number: 2353
• Author(s): M B CLINARD
• Date Published: 1968
• Length: 845 pages
• Sale Source: Holt, Rinehart and Winston
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

A SOCIOLOGICAL APPROACH DEALING WITH DEVIATIONS FROM SOCIAL NORMS WHICH ENCOUNTER DISAPPROVAL AND TO WHICH THEORY AND CONCEPTS FROM SOCIOLOGY MAY BE APPLIED.

Abstract

A DESCRIPTION AND DEFINITION OF VARIOUS FORMS OF SOCIAL DEVIANCE INTRODUCES A NUMBER OF SOCIOLOGICAL AND SOCIOPSYCHOLOGICAL CONCEPTS, AND PRESENTS VARIOUS THEORIES OF DEVIANT BEHAVIOR WHICH FOCUS ON THE INDIVIDUAL. A DISCUSSION ON THE RELATION OF POVERTY AND ANOMIE IN RELATION TO DEVIANT BEHAVIOR IS INCLUDED. AN ANALYSIS OF A CONSIDERABLE NUMBER OF FORMS OF DEVIANT BEHAVIOR, VARIOUS TYPES OF PROPOSED SOLUTIONS TO DEVIANT BEHAVIOR SUCH AS GROUP APPROACHES AND THEIR APPLICATION TO SUCH FIELDS AS ALCOHOLISM, MENTAL DISORDER, DRUG ADDICTION, AND CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR, AND THE USE OF TOTAL INSTITUTIONS ARE ALSO EXAMINED. THE BOOK IS HEAVILY DOCUMENTED AND PROVIDES A BIBLIOGRAPHY.