The second edition of Deviance Today is a contemporary collection of original chapters in the field of deviant behavior. This new edition has 16 new chapters. All of the chapters reflect the current trend in the sociology of deviance. This reader covers major theories in the sociology of deviant behavior, from classic ones such as anomie/strain theory and labeling theory to modern ones such as life course perspective. In addition, this anthology encompasses a wide spectrum of deviant behaviors.
This is a user-friendly reader, put together with students in mind. The chapters are not only authoritative, but also interesting. The chapters were written by respected experts in their field of study. Most important, unique to this reader, these chapters have been carefully written for clarity, conciseness, and forcefulness. Students will therefore find them easy and enjoyable to read while learning about deviance.
This collection of diverse and contemporary readings has been carefully written for clarity and conciseness. Covering trends and issues in both criminal deviance and noncriminal deviance, all of the articles reflect current developments in the sociology of deviance.
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| Introduction |
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PART I Positivist Theories |
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1 Strain and Anomie Theories |
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2 Control Theories of Deviance |
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3 The Developmental Life-Course Perspective and Juvenile Deviance |
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PART II Constructionist Theories |
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4 Labeling Theory: A Theoretical and Empirical Overview |
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5 Between Conflict and Critical Theories of Deviance and Crime |
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PART III Deviant Criminal Behavior |
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7 Force or Appeal to Loved Ones: Examining Sykes and Matza's (1957) Techniques of Neutralization on Female Serial Killers and Their Male Counterparts |
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8 A Definitional Framework of Poisoning Crimes |
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9 Maternal Infanticide and the Criminalization of "Poor" Mothering |
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10 How Men and Women Avoid the Stigma of White-Collar Crime |
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11 Deviance in Policing and the Mistreatment of LGBTQ People of Color |
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12 Clergy Misconduct as Elite Deviance: Assessing the Problem |
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13 The Prescription Drug Crisis |
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14 Illicit Drug and Alcohol Use among College Students, Revisited: Changing Tastes over Time |
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15 Alcohol: Good Creature of God or Domesticated Demon? |
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16 Sexual Deviance Theory, Generation Z, and the LGBTQ Community |
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17 It's a Dog Eat Dog World: Navigating Stigma in a Zoophile Cyber-Community |
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18 Female Pornography Use and Sexual Coercion Perpetration among Adolescents and Young Adults |
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PART VII Physical Manifestations of Deviance |
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19 Revisiting Self-Mutilation and Body Modification |
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20 Typologies of Teenage Suicide: Analyzing Suicide Notes through Durkheimian Categories |
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21 Why Would Anyone Stick a Needle There? Motivations and Meanings Associated with Genital Piercings |
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PART VIII Deviant and Stigmatized Communities |
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22 Furries: A Challenge to Meanings of Social Deviance |
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23 Homelessness and Deviance |
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24 Social Movements: Normalizing "Deviance" |
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26 Bothersome Bowels and Fetid Flatulence: Managing Stigmatizing Gastrointestinal Symptoms of Celiac Disease |
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27 Care Giving without the Care: The Deviant Treatment of Residents in Nursing Homes |
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28 Cyberdeviance: An Introduction |
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29 (My Full Name) IS A WHORE: Gendered Experiences in Cyberbullying and Online Harassment |
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30 Rise of Cryptocurrencies |
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Addrain Conyers is an associate professor and chair of criminal justice at Marist College. His teaching and research interests center on criminology, deviant behavior, corrections, social psychology, and race relations. He has authored and edited numerous chapters and readers in the areas of deviance and criminology, and is the recipient of multiple teaching and mentorship awards. He has also published in numerous journals including Sociological Spectrum, Challenge, Administrative Theory & Praxis, and Public Administration Quarterly.
Thomas C. Calhoun was a professor emeritus at Jackson State University. His teaching and research interests focused on deviance, juvenile delinquency, qualitative methods, and race relations. He published extensively in the area of deviance and juvenile delinquency. He authored and edited readers in deviant behavior and juvenile delinquency. He also published in numerous journals including Sociological Spectrum, Deviant Behavior, Sociological Focus, and Western Journal of Black Studies. He was the past president of the Association of Black Sociologists, Mid-South Sociological Association, and North Central Sociological Association.
