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The Generality of Deviance (Paperback)
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The Generality of Deviance (Paperback)
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The Generality of Deviance advances the idea that all forms of
deviant, criminal, reckless, and sinful behavior have one thing in
common: the tendency to pursue immediate benefits without concern
for long-term costs. The editors argue, and the contributors
confirm, that such disparate behaviors as smoking, auto accidents,
burglary, and rape are similar in that they all involve disregard
for their inevitable consequences: poor health, injury, loss of
freedom, shame, or disrepute. The chapters here show how various
forms of deviance relate to one another and can be explained by a
common theory involving self-management.The editors illustrate how
the idea of self-control challenges the psychological concept of
aggression and provides a more useful alternative for understanding
deviant behavior. They also apply the theory to the family, showing
how this institution is central to crime control. Other
contributors bring fresh perspectives to a variety of topics: the
uncanny similarities between victims of car accidents and
perpetrators of crime; the connection between drugs and crime;
feminist explanations of rape; gender differences in crime rates;
drunk drivers among high school students; and the progression of a
delinquent's life from adolescence to adulthood.In short, this book
makes a convincing case that it is a waste of intellectual effort
and public funds to treat different forms of crime and deviant
behavior as distinct problems. Studied collectively, various crimes
may be seen to have the same causes and, hence, one cure. The
Generality of Deviance will be a significant and provocative
addition to the libraries of criminolegists, psychologists, and
sociologists, those attempting to solve as well as to identify
problems.
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