Deviance - Social Constructions and Blurred Boundaries (Paperback)

Deviance: Social Constructions and Blurred Boundaries draws on up-to-date scholarship across a wide spectrum of deviance categories, providing a symbolic interactionist analysis of the deviance process. The book addresses positivistic theories of deviant behavior within a more encompassing description of the deviance process including the work of deviance claims-makers, rule-breakers, and social control agents. Students: * are introduced to the sociology of deviance* learn to analyze several kinds of criminal deviance that involve unwilling victims: murder, rape, street-level property crime, and white-collar crime* learn to examine several categories of "lifestyle" and "status" deviance* develop skills in critical analysis of criminal justice and social policiesOverall, students gain an understanding of the sociology of deviance through cross-cultural comparisons, historical description of deviance in the U.S., and up-close analysis of the lived experience of those who are labeled deviant and responses to them in the U.S. today.

General

Imprint:	University of California Press
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	August 2017
Authors:	Leon Anderson
Dimensions:	235 x 191 x 25mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	496
ISBN-13:	978-0-520-29237-6
Categories:	Books > Law > Jurisprudence & general issues > General
LSN:	0-520-29237-5
Barcode:	9780520292376

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