Created for the Introduction to Deviance course, Deviance and Social Control, 4e uses theory and examples to
illustrate societal perceptions of deviance throughout the ages, without assuming prior knowledge of introductory
sociology or research methods. All theories are carefully considered and explored, illustrating how classical theories
influence contemporary ones, in a manner that is meaningful to students.
Benefits
A new boxed feature - applying theory to lived experiences or everyday life
More emphasis on deviance in Canada
Citation of new statistics, new Canadian research in the field
More explicit sociological emphasis throughout
Merging of some chapters (3&4)
Expanded coverage of non-criminal deviance
New chapter on social control
Table of Contents
Preface
Chapter 1:Issues in the Study of Deviance
Chapter 2:Understanding and Testing Theories of Deviance
Chapter 3:Prescientific Approaches to Deviance
Chapter 4:Classical Theories of Deviance and Their Influence on Modern Jurisprudence
Chapter 5:Biological and Physiological Explanations of Deviance: The Body Did It
Chapter 6:Theories of the Body and Mind: Psychoanalytic and Psychological Explanations of Deviance
Chapter 7:The Social Disorganization Perspective
Chapter 8:Functionalist and Strain Perspectives
Chapter 9:Subcultural and Social Learning Theories of Deviance
Chapter 10:Interaction Theories
Chapter 11:Social Control Theories
Chapter 12:Conflict, Critical and Postmodernist Theories
Chapter 13:The Trickster Theme: Feminists and Other Creative or Chaotic Subversives
Copyright Acknowledgements
Index
