SOCIOLOGY OF DEVIANT BEHAVIOR. 4TH ED.

• NCJ Number: 25223
• Author(s): M B CLINARD
• Date Published: 1974
• Length: 699 pages
• Sale Source: Holt, Rinehart and Winston
• Publication Type: Instructional Material
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

THIS TEXTBOOK EMPLOYS A SOCIOLOGICAL OUTLOOK IN ITS APPROACH TO DEVIANT BEHAVIOR AND GIVES PARTICULAR ATTENTION TO THE OPPOSING THEORIES OF LABELING AND ANOMIE (NORMLESSNESS).

Abstract

TOPICS EXAMINED INCLUDE: SOCIAL DEVIATION; URBANIZATION AND SLUMS; THE POOR AND ANOMIE; RACISM AND DISCRIMINATION; DEVIANT BEHAVIOR; INDIVIDUALISTIC THEORIES OF DEVIANCE; PHYSICAL DISABILITIES; AND, CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR. OTHER TOPICS INCLUDE: CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR; TYPES OF CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR; THE LAW, POLICE, AND PRISONS; DRUG USE AND ADDICITON; DRUNKENNESS AND ALCOHOLISM; HETEROSEXUAL DEVIANCE; HOMOSEXUAL DEVIANCE; MENTAL DISORDER; AND SUICIDE.