Sociology of Deviant Behavior

Clinard, Marshall B.

Meier, Robert F.

Harcourt College Pub.

READINGS IN DEVIANT BEHAVIOR: CLASSIC AND CONTEMPORARY brings together over 50 articles in 16 chapters. The text is organized traditionally, beginning with a discussion on the nature of deviance followed by material on theories and perspectives to explain deviance and ending with articles that discuss forms of deviant behavior. Each chapter begins with an introduction and concludes with questions for discussion. The mix of contemporary and classic readings explores the theoretical approaches to deviant and contemporary issues. High-tech, white-collar crime and gender issues are included. This text parallels the organization of the best-selling Clinard/Meier text but is general enough to be used with other textbooks or as a stand-alone textbook.

Readings in Deviant Behavior: Classic and Contemporary

Terrell, Nathaniel Eugene

Science & Math

Wadsworth Publishing

This brief text begins by addressing the following two questions: (1) What kinds of problems can the law solve? and (2) What kinds of problems does the law create? Using these questions as starting points, esteemed criminologists Meier and Geis explore the role and function of law in four areas: prostitution, drugs, homosexuality, and abortion. Consensus is not a hallmark of the ongoing controversy over "victimless" crime. Some people view prostitution, drugs, homosexuality, and abortion as crimes without victims; others view the participants involved as victims without crimes. Perhaps the only thing these four behaviors have in common is substantial disagreement about the wrongfulness of the behavior and the proper role for the law. As a result, the effectiveness and scope of the law is limited. Meier and Geis' provocative book offers an in-depth discussion of behaviors in these four areas, then reviews the conflicting opinions about the proper role of criminal law for dealing with them. Victimless Crime? eases instruction by providing an ideal classroom forum for exploring the facts behind these polemical and contentious issues.

Victimless Crime?: Prostitution, Drugs, Homosexuality, Abortion (The ^ARoxbury Series in Crime, Justice, and Law)

Geis, Gilbert

Ethics & Professional Responsibility

Oxford University Press

This text addresses the following two questions: "What kinds of problems can the law solve?" and "What kinds of problems does the law create?" Using these questions as starting points, Meier and Geis evenhandedly explore the role and function of law relating to six major issues that often divide Americans today: prostitution, drug use, homosexuality, abortion, pornography, and gambling. Statutes and public opinion have shifted dramatically over recent decades in regard to these behaviors. The book details these developments and offers explanations of why they have occurred. Some people view all or some of these behaviors as acts that ought to be permitted, as part of individual freedom. Others find one, some, or all of them to be genuine threats to the country's social and moral fiber and believe that they ought to be criminalized. Still others maintain that action ought to be taken to limit some of the behaviors, but that using the criminal justice system is not the best way to proceed. Meier and Geis' provocative book offers sophisticated, in-depth discussions of these issues, then reviews the conflicting opinions about the proper role of criminal law in dealing with them. It is written in straightforward, jargon-free language, providing an ideal background for exploring the facts and views regarding what are often contentious concerns. Criminal Justice and Moral Issues increases student understanding through the abundant use of relevant illustrations, examples, and case studies.

Criminal Justice and Moral Issues

Crime and Society

Politics & Social Sciences

Social Sciences

Allyn&Bacon

Looking for a textbook with simplified terminology and endless study helps? SOCIOLOGY OF DEVIANT BEHAVIOR hits the hot topics from terrorism to white-collar crime and shows you how sociological theory explains them. Now in its 13th edition, this textbook continues to be the best of its kind on the market. After you use its study guides and get the grade you need, you'll see why.

Sociology

Thomson/Wadsworth

Looking for a textbook with simplified terminology and endless study helps? SOCIOLOGY OF DEVIANT BEHAVIOR hits the hot topics from terrorism to white-collar crime and shows you how sociological theory explains them. Now in its 13th edition, this textbook continues to be the best of its kind on the market.

This text has been the market leader for more than 40 years. It continues its popularity due to its thorough updating of data, facts, and figures while retaining the basic focus on solid research findings through a sociological point of view. Designed to appeal to today's students, the 12th edition examines topics with relevance for today - cultural and social reactions to deviance; the growing interest in white-collar and corporate crime; and the importance of the Internet and computer communications in changing views on deviance in modern life.

Sociology of Deviant Behavior (with InfoTrac)

Theories of criminality and theories of victimization have traditionally been discussed as though they bore no relationship to one another. Yet, a complete explanation for crime must examine both the decision to engage in crime by an offender and the everyday actions of ordinary citizens that increase vulnerability to criminals. The integration of these approaches yields testable models that have greater predictive power than could be obtained by looking only at models of offenders or models of victim behavior. A more general perspective that accounts for both the decision to engage in crime and the selection of particular crime targets is developed and tested.

Crime and Its Social Context: Toward an Integrated Theory of Offenders, Victims, and Situations (Suny Deviance and Social Control)

Miethe, Professor of Criminal Justice Terance D

State University of New York Press

Theoretical Methods in Criminology  is an in-depth examination of the intellectual groundings and key ideas of criminological theory. The emphasis throughout is on the underlying logic or premises of explanations of deviant behaviour, rather than on the substance of the explanations themselves. The contributors to this classic reference work are all at the top of their field, making this a major contribution to criminological and sociological theory.

Theoretical Methods in Criminology

Sage Publications, Inc.

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Sociology of Deviant Behavior

Readings in Deviant Behavior: Classic and Contemporary

Victimless Crime?: Prostitution, Drugs, Homosexuality, Abortion (The ^ARoxbury Series in Crime, Justice, and Law)

Criminal Justice and Moral Issues

Crime and Society

Sociology of Deviant Behavior

Sociology of Deviant Behavior

Sociology of Deviant Behavior (with InfoTrac)

Crime and Its Social Context: Toward an Integrated Theory of Offenders, Victims, and Situations (Suny Deviance and Social Control)

Theoretical Methods in Criminology