Deviance
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Deviance

Leon Anderson

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Deviance

Leon Anderson

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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 description of the deviance process that encompasses the work of deviance claims-makers, rule-breakers, and social control agents. Students:

  • areintroduced to the sociology ofdeviance
  • learn to analyze several kinds of criminaldeviancethat involve unwilling victims—such as murder, rape, street-level property crime, and white-collar crime
  • learn to examine several categories of "lifestyle" and "status"deviance
  • develop skills for critical analysis of criminal justice and social policies

Overall, students gain an understanding of the sociology of deviance through cross-cultural comparisons, historical overview of deviance in the U.S., and up-close analysis of the lived experience of those who are labeled deviant as well as responses to them in the U.S. today. Instructor Resources are available to easily help with lecture and exam preparation.

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Publisher
University of California Press
Year
2017
ISBN
9780520965935
Edition
1
Topic
Social Sciences
Subtopic
Criminology
Index
Social Sciences
1
SECTION
THEORIES 
AND 
METHODS 
IN 
DEVIANCE 
STUDIES
This 
page 
intentionally 
left 
blank 
3
CHAPTER
CONTENTS
Introduction 
4
Blurred 
Boundaries: 
The 
Drama 
of 
Deviance 
4
Deviance 
as 
Demonic 
6
Deviance 
as 
Psychotic 
8
Deviance 
as 
Exotic 
10
Deviance 
as 
Symbolic 
Interaction: 
A 
Sociological 
Approach 
12
Social 
Acts 
13
Focus 
on 
Observable 
Behavior 
14
Symbolic 
Interaction 
16
The 
Sociological 
Promise 
17
Summary 
18
Keywords 
19
1
LEARNING 
OBJECTIVES
After 
reading 
this 
chapter, 
you 
will 
be 
able 
to:

Dene 
deviance 
in 
sociological 
terms

Recognize 
“blurred 
boundaries” 
as 
a 
key 
feature 
of 
deviance

Describe 
three 
“popular” 
explanations 
of 
deviance

Explain 
the 
sociological 
approach 
to 
studying 
deviance

Summarize 
the 
importance 
of 
a 
sociologi-
cal 
understanding 
of 
deviance
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Sabbath, 
woodcut 
by 
German 
artist 
Hans 
Baldung 
“Grien” 
(1510, 
Ivy 
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