A comprehensive set of readings examining the full range of concerns in the field of deviant behaviour. All the selections are relatively recent and have not appeared in other anthologies.
Comprehensive coverage of all aspects of deviance; this book is noted for its blend of readability and scholarship. Deviant Behavior covers a wide spectrum of theories of deviance, and analyzes...
Her recent publications include: Unsafe in the Ivory Tower: The Sexual Victimization of College Women (Sage) and The Dark Side of the Ivory Tower: Campus Crime as a Social Problem (Cambridge University Press).
Deviant Behavior covers the social forces that shape deviance, the motivations and consequences of deviant behaviors, and how our definition of deviance changes over time.
The Rand Corporation estimated in 1969 that heroin addicts were responsible for $ 2 billion to $ 5 billion worth of crime in New York City . Frightening estimates of this sort are routine in the drug control business .
Schneider, Friedrich. 2012. “Size and Development of the Shadow Economy of 31 European Countries and 5 Other OECD Countries from 2003 to 2012: Some New Facts.” Linz, Austria, Kepler University. Schneider, Kathy. 2018.
The text discusses what deviant behavior is around the world, including the circumstances, patterns, and sociocultural characteristics of persons involved in deviant acts.
Sociology of Deviant Behavior
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Deviant Behavior: An Interactionist Approach
Deviant behavior is not a subject that you study in school and then file away. It is a study of life and is ever changing. Defining the concept of deviant behavior is one of the most difficult tasks to overcome when studying the subject.