Deviance and Medicalization: From Badness to Sickness

Deviance and Medicalization: From Badness to Sickness
ISBN-10
1439903492
ISBN-13
9781439903490
Category
Social Science
Pages
352
Language
English
Published
2010-04-20
Publisher
Temple University Press
Author
Peter Conrad

Description

A classic text on deviance is updated and reissued.

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