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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.
"Cattails, Speckled Alders and Golden Tamaracks" contains twenty
true short stories, which highlight memorable outings the author
has experienced over the past six decades. Using the out-of-doors
as a setting, these tales will immerse the reader in numerous
remote, pristine places spanning much of the North American
Continent. The staring roles are shared by the author's numerous
outdoor friends, canine companions, and co-stars many of Ma
Nature's creatures. The bonding that occurs between master and dog
is a central theme that is interwoven throughout the tales, as well
as the way our human values concerning man's relationship with
nature changes as our aging process advances. The author's deep
love and concern for the world's wild places is subtlety laced
throughout the stories by "Buckshot," the Master Story Teller of
the Northwood's"!
David Snow and Leon Anderson show us the wretched face of
homelessness in late twentieth-century America in countless cities
across the nation. Through hundreds of hours of interviews,
participant observation, and random tracking of homeless people
through social service agencies in Austin, Texas. Snow and Anderson
reveal who the homeless are, how they live, and why they have ended
up on the streets. Debunking current stereotypes of the homeless.
"Down on Their Luck" sketches a portrait of men and women who are
highly adaptive, resourceful, and pragmatic. Their survival is a
tale of human resilience and determination, not one of frailty and
disability.
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