Social Deviance: Testing a General Theory

by Howard B. Kaplan, Robert J. Johnson

Overview

Kaplan (Texas A&M U.) and Johnson (Kent State U.) present and test a general theory of the social and social-psychological processes involved in the onset and course of deviant behavior. The study is based upon a longitudinal data set obtained from 9,000 individuals who were seventh grade students in the Houston Independent School District in 1971. Some of the issues the study aims to address include what motivates individuals to perform deviant behaviors and what influences the stability of deviant behavior over time.

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Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781461506553
Publisher:	Springer-Verlag New York, LLC
Publication date:	12/06/2012
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	5 MB

About the Author

Kaplan, Howard B.; Johnson, Robert J.

Table of Contents

I. Theoretical and Methodological Approaches to the Study of Deviant Behavior.- 1. Toward a General Theory of Deviant Behavior.- 2. Method.- II. Deviant Behavior in Adolescence.- 3. An Elaboration Strategy for the Study of Deviant Behavior.- 4. Gender as a Moderator in Explanations of Adolescent Deviance.- 5. Multigroup Analysis of the General Theory of Deviant Behavior: Three-Wave Panel Analysis by Race.- III. Deviant Behavior from Adolescence to Young Adulthood.- 6. Deviance from Adolescence to Young Adulthood: The Experience of White-Anglo Adolescents.- 7. Deviance and Gender: Adolescence to Young Adulthood.- IV. Summary And Conclusions.- 8. The Study of Deviant Behavior: Retrospect and Prospect.- References.