Constructions of Deviance: Social Power, Context, and Interaction / Edition 6

by Patricia A. Adler, Peter Adler

Overview

This text is the industry standard for publishing the most recent and relevant articles in the field. It demonstrates to students how the concepts and theories of deviance can be applied to the world around them. The authors include both theoretical analyses and ethnographic illustrations of how deviance is socially constructed, organized, and managed. The Adlers challenge the reader to see the diversity and pervasiveness of deviance in society by covering a wide variety of deviant acts represented throughout the text. Most importantly, the Adlers present deviance as a component of society and examine the construction of deviance in terms of differential social power, whereby some members of society have the power to define other whole groups as "deviant." This edition offers broad, more comprehensive theoretical coverage.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780495504290
Publisher:	Cengage Learning
Publication date:	01/02/2008
Edition description:	REV
Pages:	552
Product dimensions:	6.40(w) x 9.10(h) x 1.00(d)

About the Author

Patricia A. Adler (Ph.D., University of California, San Diego) is Professor Emerita of Sociology at the University of Colorado. She has written and taught in the area of deviance, qualitative methods, and the sociology of children. A second edition of her book, WHEELING AND DEALING (Columbia University Press), a study of upper-level drug traffickers, was published in 1993. She has received many honors, including the Outstanding Teacher in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, and the Outstanding Researcher Award from the University of Colorado. In addition, she was awarded the Mentor Excellence Award in 2004 from the Society for the Study of Symbolic Interaction (SSSI).


Peter Adler (Ph.D., University of California, San Diego) is Professor Emeritus of Sociology and Criminology at the University of Denver. His research interests include social psychology, drugs and society, and sociology of work, sport, and leisure. His first book, MOMENTUM, was published in 1981 by Sage. Peter has been honored with the University Lecturer Award and as the Outstanding Scholar/Teacher at the University of Denver, as well as being named by the Society for the Study of Symbolic Interaction (SSSI) as Mentor of the Year in 2005.

Table of Contents

Preface. General Introduction. PART ONE. DEFINING DEVIANCE. 1. On the Sociology of Deviance: Kai Erikson. 2. Deviance as Crime, Sin, and Poor Taste: Alexander B. Smith and Harriet Pollack. 3. Positive Deviance: Druann Maria Heckert. PART TWO. THEORIES OF DEVIANCE. 4. The Normal and the Pathological: Emile Durkheim. 5. Social Structure and Anomie: Robert K. Merton. 6. Conflict Theory of Crime: Richard Quinney. 7. The Conflict of Conduct Norms: Thorsten Sellin. 8. Differential Association: Edwin H. Sutherland and Donald R. Cressey. 9. Labelling Theory: Howard S. Becker. 10. Control Theory of Delinquency: Travis Hirschi. PART THREE: STUDYING DEVIANCE. 11. Child Abuse Reporting: Douglas J. Besharov, with Lisa A. Laumann. 12. Survey of Sexual Behaviour of Americans: Edward O. Laumann, John H. Gagnon, Robert T. Michael, and Stuart Michaels. 13. Researching Dealers and Smugglers: Patricia A. Adler. PART FOUR: CONSTRUCTING DEVIANCE: MORAL ENTREPENEURS. 14. Moral Entrepreneurs: Howard S. Becker. 15. The Social Construction of Drug Scares: Craig Reinarman. 16. Blowing Smoke: Status Politics and the Smoking Ban: Justin L. Tuggle and Malcolm D. Holmes. 17. Moral Panics: The Case of Satanic Day Care Centers: Mary deYoung. Differential Social Power. 18. The Saints and the Roughnecks: William J. Chambliss. 19. The Police and the Black Male: Elijah Anderson. 20. Homophobia in Sport: Donald F. Sabo. PART FIVE: DEVIANT IDENTITY: IDENTITY DEVELOPMENT. 21. Becoming Bisexual: Martin S. Weinberg, Colin J. Willimas, and Douglas W. Pryor. 22. Labeling the Redhead: Druann Maria Heckert and Amy Best.23. Anorexia Nervosa and Bulimia: The Development of Deviant Identities: Penelope A. McLorg and Diane E. Taub. Accounts and Neutralizations. 24. Convicted Rapists' Vocabulary of Motive: Excuses and Justifications: Diana Scully and Joseph Marolla. 25. The Influence of Situational Ethics on Cheating among College Students: Stigma Management, Donald L. McCabe. 26. Women Athletes as Falsely Accused Deviants: Managing the Lesbian Stigma: Elain M. Blinde and Diane E. Taub. 27. Stigma Management among Gay/Bisexual Men with HIV/AIDS: Karolynn Siegel, Howard Lune, and Ilan H. Meyer. 28. The Collective Stigma Management of Prostitutes: Valerie Jenness. PART SIX: RELATIONS AMONG DEVIANTS. Individuals. 29. Sexual Asphyxia: A NEGLECTED AREA OF STUDY: Shearon A. Lowery and Charles V. Welti. 30. Real Punks and Pretenders: The Social Organization of a Counterculture: Kathryn J. Fox. Gangs. 31. Race in the Hood: Howard Pinderhughes. Formal Organizations. 32. International Organized Crime: Roy Godson and William J. Olson. Corporations. 33. Elite Organizational Deviance: David R. Simon. PART SEVEN: DEVIANT ACTS. Cooperation. 34. Women in Outlaw Motorcycle Gangs: Columbus B. Hopper and Johnny Moore. 35. Turn-Ons for Money: International Strategies for the Table Dancer: Carol Rambo Ronai and Carolyn Ellie. Conflict. 36. Fraternities and Rape on Campus: Patricia Yancey Martin and Robert A.Hummer. 37. Boiler Room Fraud: Robert J. Stevenson. PART EIGHT: DEVIANT CAREERS. 38. Negotiating the Tattoo: Katherine Irwin. 39. Joining a Gang: Being Deviant. Martin Sanchez Jankowski. 40. Gender and the Accomplishment of Street Robbery: Jody Miller. 41. Gay Male Christian Couples and Sexual Exclusivity: Exiting Deviance. Andrew K.T. Yip. 42. Shifts and Oscillations in Deviant Careers: Upper-level Drug Dealers and Smugglers: Patricia A. Adler and Peter Adler. 43. The Professional Ex: An Alternative for Exiting the Deviant Career: J. David Brown. REFERENCES FOR THE GENERAL AND PART INTRODUCTIONS.