Overview

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.

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Author:   Addrain Conyers ,  Thomas C. Calhoun
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Edition:   2nd edition
Weight:   0.748kg
ISBN:  

9780367819538

ISBN 10:   0367819538
Pages:   440
Publication Date:   14 July 2020
Audience:   General/trade ,  College/higher education ,  General ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

"Part One- Positivist Theories Strain and Anomie Theories ---Timothy Brezina and Miranda Baumann Control Theories of Deviance---Robert Agnew The Developmental Life-Course Perspective and Juvenile Deviance---Molly Buchanan Part Two- Constructionist Theories Labeling Theory: A Theoretical and Empirical Overview---- Jaime Argueta and Holly Lonergan Between Conflict and Theories of Deviance and Crime ---Vanessa Lynn and Deirdre Caputo-Levine Feminism and Deviance ---Julie Ann Harms Cannon and Michael Clymer Part Three- Deviant Criminal Behavior Force or appeal to loved ones: Examining Sykes and Matza’s (1957) Techniques of Neutralization on female serial killers and their male counterparts-----Veronyka James and Stacie Merken A Definitional Framework of Poisoning Crimes.----- Sarah Kilbane and Margaret Wilson Maternal Infanticide and the Criminalization of ""Poor"" Mothering---- Martha Smithey and Ignacio Luis Ramirez Part Four-Elite Deviance How Men and Women Avoid the Stigma of White-Collar Crime---Paul Klenowski, Heith Copes, and Lynne Vieraitis Deviance in Policing and the Mistreatment of LGBTQ People of Color ----Tia Gaynor and Brandi Blessett Clergy Misconduct as Elite Deviance: Assessing the Problem ----Anson Shupe Part Five- Substance Abuse The Prescription Drug Crisis---Jason Ford Illicit Drug and Alcohol Use Among College Students, Revisited: Changing Tastes Over Time---Robert Jenkot Alcohol: Good Creature of God or Domesticated Demon?---Paul Roman Part Six- Sexual Deviance Sexual Deviance Theory, Generation Z, and the LGBTQ Community---Shane Gunderson It’s a Dog Eat Dog World: Navigating Stigma in a Zoophile Cyber-Community --- R.J. Maratea, Sophia Frontale, Amanda Kerbel, and Katarina Veevers-Carter Female Pornography Use and Sexual Coercion Perpetration among Adolescents and Young Adults - Poco D. Kernsmith, Brianna Sabol, and Joanne P. Smith-Darden Part Seven- Physical Manifestations of Deviance Revisiting Self-Mutilation and Body Modification----Jimmy Taylor Typologies of Teenage Suicide: Analyzing Suicide Notes through Durkheimian Categories---- Richard Tewksbury, Ronald Holmes, and David Connor Why Would Anyone Stick a Needle There? Motivations and Meanings Associated with Genital Piercings----Jeremy Thomas and Celene Fuller Part Eight- Deviant and Stigmatized Communities Furies: A Challenge to Meanings of Social Deviance---Jackie Eller and Zachary Santoni-Sanchez Homeless and Deviance ---- Jay Bainbridge, Eileen Johns, Susan Nayowith, and Maryanne Schretzman Social Movements: Normalizing Deviance ----David Zeller and Robert Benford Part Nine- Medical Deviance The Stigma of Obesity --- Erich Goode Bothersome Bowels & Fetid Flatulence: Managing Stigmatizing Gastrointestinal Symptoms of Celiac Disease---Denise Copelton Care Giving without the Care: The Deviant Treatment of Residents in Nursing Homes ---- Jason Ulsperger and David Knottnerus Part Ten- Cyber Deviance Cyberdeviance: An Introduction ----Keith Durkin (My Full Name) IS A WHORE: Gendered Experiences in Cyberbullying and Online Harassment--- Rebecca Malinski, Alexandra Monaco, and Thomas Vanderven Rise of Cryptocurrencies --- Sarah Durrant and Addrain Conyers"

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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.

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