Deviant behavior. (2015)
- Record Type:
- Book
- Title:
- Deviant behavior. (2015)
- Main Title:
- Deviant behavior
- Further Information:
- Note: Cliff Roberson, Elena Azaola Garrido.
- Authors:
- Roberson, Cliff, 1937-
Azaola Garrido, Elena - Contents:
- Preface; About the Authors; ; What Is Deviant Behavior?; Chapter Objectives; Introduction; Defining Deviance and Deviant Behavior; Working Solution; Faces of Deviance; Positivist Perspective; Constructionist Perspective; Deconstruction of Deviance; Normative and Situational Perspectives; Positive Deviance; Social Rules; Social Controls; Norms; Socialization; Sanctions; Deviance as a Shifting Concept; Utility of Deviant Behavior; Politics and Deviance; Behavior Assessment; Undetected Deviance; Tolerable and Acceptable; Dimensions of Deviance; Overview of Deviance Theories; Are Deviants Different?; Study of Deviance as a Separate Discipline; Practicum; Summary; Questions in Review; Key Terms; Organizations and Websites of Interest; Endnotes; ; Theoretical Explanations; Chapter Objectives; Free Will or Lack of Free Will; Free Will Concept of the Classical School; Lack of Free Will; Social Determinism; Rational Choice Explanations; Social Control Theories; Social Disorganization; Concentric Zone Theory; Cultural Transmission Theory; Symbolic Interactionism; Differential Association; Differential Association Reinforcement Theory; Strain Theories; Robert Merton; Biological Explanations; Body Type Theories; Chromosomal Abnormality; Psychological Explanations; Intelligence; Personality; Impulse Control Disorder; Aggression; Antisocial Personality Disorder; Routine Activity; Practicum; Summary; Questions in Review; Key Terms; Endnotes; ; Constructionist Approaches; ChapterPreface; About the Authors; ; What Is Deviant Behavior?; Chapter Objectives; Introduction; Defining Deviance and Deviant Behavior; Working Solution; Faces of Deviance; Positivist Perspective; Constructionist Perspective; Deconstruction of Deviance; Normative and Situational Perspectives; Positive Deviance; Social Rules; Social Controls; Norms; Socialization; Sanctions; Deviance as a Shifting Concept; Utility of Deviant Behavior; Politics and Deviance; Behavior Assessment; Undetected Deviance; Tolerable and Acceptable; Dimensions of Deviance; Overview of Deviance Theories; Are Deviants Different?; Study of Deviance as a Separate Discipline; Practicum; Summary; Questions in Review; Key Terms; Organizations and Websites of Interest; Endnotes; ; Theoretical Explanations; Chapter Objectives; Free Will or Lack of Free Will; Free Will Concept of the Classical School; Lack of Free Will; Social Determinism; Rational Choice Explanations; Social Control Theories; Social Disorganization; Concentric Zone Theory; Cultural Transmission Theory; Symbolic Interactionism; Differential Association; Differential Association Reinforcement Theory; Strain Theories; Robert Merton; Biological Explanations; Body Type Theories; Chromosomal Abnormality; Psychological Explanations; Intelligence; Personality; Impulse Control Disorder; Aggression; Antisocial Personality Disorder; Routine Activity; Practicum; Summary; Questions in Review; Key Terms; Endnotes; ; Constructionist Approaches; Chapter Objectives; Constructionist Perspectives; Labeling Theory; Looking-Glass Self; Frank Tannenbaum; Edwin Lemert; Howard Becker; Erving Goffman; David Matza; Labeling Process in Nondeviant Behavior Situations; Process of Labeling Behavior; Critiques of Labeling Theory; Modified Labeling Theory; Hard and Soft Labeling; Conflict and Critical Theories; Karl Marx; C. Wright Mills; Alan Sears; Critical Theories; William Chambliss; George Vold; New Criminology; Controlology; Practicum; Summary; Questions in Review; Endnotes; ; Interpersonal Violence; Chapter Objectives; Introduction; Violence; Interpersonal Violence; Human Capital Approach; Homicide; Criminal Homicide; Murder; Voluntary Manslaughter; Involuntary Manslaughter; Euthanasia; Suicide; Sexual Assault; Rape; Consent; Rape Shield Laws; Spousal Rape; Stalking; Hate Crimes; Practicum; Summary; Questions in Review; Key Terms; Endnotes; ; Self-Destructive Deviance; Chapter Objectives; Introduction; Suicide; Durkheim; Sociological Risk Factors; Threatening to Commit Suicide; Suicide Attempts; Assisting a Person to Commit Suicide; Preventing Suicide; Theoretical Explanations of Suicide; Emile Durkheim; Andrew Henry and James Short; Interpersonal–Psychological Theory of Suicidal Behavior; Interpersonal Theory of Suicide; Drugs and Alcohol Abuse; Alcohol Abuse; War on Drugs; Eating Disorders; Anorexia Nervosa; Bulimia Nervosa; Eating Disorder Myths; Self-Inflicted Violence; Poor Personal Health Habits; Smoking; Is Sitting the New Smoking?; Killing Ourselves; Diverse Lifestyles; Practicum; Summary; Questions in Review; Key Terms; Unacceptable Terms and Definitions; Endnotes; ; Family Violence and Deviance; Chapter Objectives; Introduction; Relationship Violence; Myths About Family Violence; Intimate Partner Violence; Why Is Family Violence So Common?; Who Are the Victims of Family Violence?; What About the Batterer?; Why Batter?; Dating Violence; What Causes Family Violence?; Intergenerational Transmission of Violence; Social Stress; Strain Theories; Power; Marital Dependency; Alcohol; Marriage; Self-Control; Social Learning Theory; Feminist Theory; Subculture of Violence; Psychopathological Theory; Sociocultural Model of Family Violence; Exchange Theory; Parent Abuse; Law Enforcement Response to Family Violence; Civil Protective Orders; Who Can Get a CPO?; Problem With CPOs; Mandatory Arrests; The Duty of Law Enforcement to Come to the Rescue; Practicum; Summary; Questions in Review; Key Terms; Endnotes; ; Social Inequality and Deviance Issues; Chapter Objectives; Introduction; Equality for Women; Racial Equality; Economic Inequality; Economics of Unauthorized Migration; Inequality and Law Enforcement; Inequality and Crime; Crime and Incarceration in the United States; Income and Crime; Structured Inequality; Behavior of Law; Summary; Questions in Review; Key Terms; Endnotes; ; Physical and Mental Differences as Deviance; Chapter Objectives; Introduction; Stigma; Stereotype Threat; Physical Appearance; Tattoos; Prison Tattoos; Physical Disability; Americans With Disabilities Act of 1990; Individuals With Disabilities Education Act; Fair Housing Act; Air Carrier Access Act; The Pregnancy Discrimination Act of 1978; Mental Illness; Genetics; Biology; Other Conditions; Narcissistic Personality Disorder (NPD); Narcissism; Schizophrenia; Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD); Acute Stress Disorder (ASD); Long-Term Crisis Reaction; Developmental Disability; Insanity; Legal Tests for Insanity; Diminished Responsibility; Intoxication; Practicum; Summary; Questions in Review; Key Terms; Endnotes; ; Business and Organized Crime; Chapter Objectives; Introduction; White-Collar Crimes; Edwin H. Sutherland; Theories on Causation; Organizational Needs; Routine Activity Theory; Situational Crime Prevention Theory; Structural Dimensions of Opportunity; Money Laundering; Insider Trading; Punishment for White-Collar or Business Crime Offenses; Organized Crime; Criminal Gangs and Drug Cartels; Criminal Gangs; Drug Cartels; Mafia; Sicilian Mafia; American Mafia; Practicum; Summary; Questions in Review; Key Terms; Endnotes; ; Governmental Deviance; Chapter Objectives; Introduction; Bribery and Illegal Gratuity; Elements of Bribery and Illegal Gratuities; Public Official or Witness; Value; Official Act Requirement; Prosecution and Informant Agreements; Intent; Intent Required to Establish Bribery; Intent in Illegal Gratuity Offenses; Criminal Conflict of Interest; Acts Affecting Financial Interest; Illegal Outside Salaries for Federal Employees; Honest Services Fraud; Election Deviance; Explanation of Governmental Deviance; Law Enforcement Deviance; Environmental Crime; Summary; Questions in Review; Key Terms; Endnotes; ; Cybercrimes; Chapter Objectives; Introduction; Extent of the Problem; Common Cybercrime Fraud Schemes; Tips for Avoiding Internet Auction Fraud; Tips for Avoiding Nondelivery of Merchandise; Tips for Avoiding Credit Card Fraud; Tips for Avoiding Investment Fraud; Tips for Avoiding Business Fraud; Extortion; Nigerian Letter or 419 Fraud; Tips for Avoiding the Nigerian Letter or 419 … (more)
- Edition:
- 1st
- Publisher Details:
- Boca Raton : CRC Press
- Publication Date:
- 2015
- Extent:
- 1 online resource, illustrations (black and white)
- Subjects:
- 302.542
Deviant behavior - Languages:
- English
- ISBNs:
- 9781482298864
9781482298840
9781482298857 - Related ISBNs:
- 9781482298833
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- Note: Description based on CIP data; item not viewed.
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