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Using the framework of interest group conflict, this text combines a balanced, comprehensive overview of the field of deviance with first-hand expertise in the workings of the criminal justice system.
Deviant Behavior, Seventh Edition, surveys a wide range of topics, from explanations regarding crime and criminal behavior, measurement of crime, violent crime and organizational deviance, to sexual behavior, mental health, and substance abuse. This new edition continues its tradition of applying time-tested, sociological theory to developing social concepts and emerging issues.
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Using the framework of interest group conflict, this text combines a balanced, comprehensive overview of the field of deviance with first-hand expertise in the workings of the criminal justice system. Deviant Behavior, Seventh Edition, surveys a wide range of topics, from explanations regarding crime and criminal behavior, measurement of crime, violent crime and organizational deviance, to sexual behavior, mental health, and substance abuse. This new edition continues its tradition of applying time-tested, sociological theory to developing social concepts and emerging issues.
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Using the framework of interest group conflict, this text combines a balanced, comprehensive overview of the field of deviance with first-hand expertise in the workings of the criminal justice system. Deviant Behavior, Seventh Edition, surveys a wide range of topics, from explanations regarding crime and criminal behavior, measurement of crime, violent crime and organizational deviance, to sexual behavior, mental health, and substance abuse. This new edition continues its tradition of applying time-tested, sociological theory to developing social concepts and emerging issues.
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Deviant Behavior: Crime, Conflict, and Interest Groups, 8/E
Charles H. McCaghy, Bowling Green State University
Timothy A. Capron, California State University, Sacramento
J. D. Jamieson, Texas State University
Sandra H Harley Carey, Texas State University
ISBN-10: 0205570836
Using the framework of interest group conflict, this text combines a balanced, comprehensive overview of the field of deviance with first-hand expertise in the workings of the criminal justice system. Deviant Behavior, Seventh Edition, surveys a wide range of topics, from explanations regarding crime and criminal behavior, measurement of crime, violent crime and organizational deviance, to sexual behavior, mental health, and substance abuse. This new edition continues its tradition of applying time-tested, sociological theory to developing social concepts and emerging issues.
Table of Contents
Comprehensive Table of Contents
Part One: The Concept of Deviant Behavior
Chapter 1: Perspectives on Deviants: The Early Development of Criminal Deviance Theory
Who Is Deviant?
The Rational Deviant–The Classical School
The Deviant as Determined–Positivist Criminology
Physical Characteristics of Deviants–Early Approaches
Chapter 2: Theories of Criminal Deviance
Heredity and Mental Deficiencies–Early Approaches
Physical Characteristics Revisited
Personality Defects and Attributes
Sociobiology–Trailblazing or Backtracking?
The Rise of Social Determinism
Economic Influences
Anomie
Subcultures of Deviance
Control Theory
Chapter 3: Why Is Certain Behavior Deviant?
The Labeling Perspective
Conflict Perspectives
Postmodern Criminology
Once Again: What Is Deviant?
Interest Group Conflict and Deviance
Part Two: Crime as Deviant Behavior
Chapter 4: Crime in the Streets–Against the Person
Measuring Crime
Murder and Aggravated Assault
Forcible Rape
Violent Sex and Conflict
Chapter 5: Crime in the Streets–Against Property
Robbery
Burglary
Motor Vehicle Theft
Larceny-Theft
Arson Larceny in the American Heart
Chapter 6: Assaults against Children and Spouses
Physical Abuse of Children
Spouse Abuse
Sexual Abuse of Children
Chapter 7: Deviance and Organizations
Employee Theft
Police Corruption
Corporate Deviance
Organized Crime
Part Three Deviant Behavior in Contemporary Society
Chapter 8:Deviant Drug Use
Drug Use as Deviance
Classification of Drugs
Alcohol
Heroin
Marijuana
Cocaine
Prescription Drug Abuse
Performance-Enhancing Drugs
Chapter 9: Mental Disorders
What Is Mental Disorder?
Correlates of Mental Disorder
Disease or Label?
Conflict and the Therapeutic State
Common Mental Disorders
Chapter 10: Suicide
History of Suicide
Current Attitudes Toward Suicide
Sociological Theories of Suicide
Incidence of Suicide
Risk Factors and Correlates of Suicide
Failure to Seek Help
Warning Signs
Precipitating Events
Helping Someone Who Is Suicidal
Attempting Suicide
Physician-Assisted Suicide
Prevention and Protection
Chapter 11: Cyberdeviance with Jeffrey Arbaugh
The Computer Underground
Crime and the Internet
Sexual Deviance and Cyberspace
Chapter 12: Sexual Deviance and Sexual Harassment
An Interview with Tony
Prostitution
Homosexuality
Sexual Harassment
Name Index Subject Index