The relativity of deviance. (2016)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: John O. Curra.
• Authors: Curra, John
• Contents: Preface; Chapter 1: The Dynamic Nature of Deviance; Kids, Crocodiles, and Social Control; Relationships and Rule Breaking; Sociological Relativity; The Social Construction of Reality; Theoretical Views: The Old and the Not-So-Old; Relativity and Social Deviance; Whose Side Are We On?; Conclusions; References; Chapter 2: Being Deviant; The Original Blue Man (and Woman) Group; Being and Doing; Deviance and Responsibility; The Social Construction of Spoiled Identities; Managing Stigma; Conclusions; References; Chapter 3: Power, Social Networks, and Organizational Deviance; Power Corrupts, and Absolute Power Corrupts Absolutely; The Carrier's Case: Other People's Belongings and the Crime of Theft; White-Collar Crime and Elite Deviance; The Relativity of Terrorism; Privilege, Power, and Penalties; Conclusions; References; Chapter 4: Mental Disorders; Medicalization on 34th Street; The Medicalization Process; Manufacturing Madness; The Myth of Mental Illness; Mental Health Buccaneers and Social Control; Sense and Nonsense in the Psychiatric Enterprise; Meltdown in the DSM; Conclusions; References; Chapter 5: Predatory Violence; The Social Construction of Murder and Violence; Arbitrary Meanings; Patterned Violence; Vocabularies of Motive and Interpersonal Accounts; The Curious Case of Jack the Ripper; Variable Violence; Conclusions; References; Chapter 6: Sexual Violence; Defining Rape; The Symbolic Organization of Sexual Violence; Rape and Social Conflict; Rape Scenes; Normalizing Sexual Violence; The Rape of Males; Conclusions; References; Chapter 7: Suicide<br /> Social Frames and Definitions of the Situation; The Meanings of Suicide; The Curious Case of Autoerotic Asphyxiation; Sociocultural Variations in Suicide: Motive, Intent, and Interpretation; Suicide, Stigma, and Responsibility; Conclusions; References; Chapter 8: Sexual Diversity; Sex, Gender, and Sexuality; Sexuality: A Sociocultural Understanding; The Curious Case of the Berdache; Sexual Differentiation and Sexual Asymmetry; The Myth of the Universal Turn-On; Sexual Politics and the Transformation of Intimacy; Deviantizing Sexual Matters; Conclusions; References; Chapter 9: Drugs and Drug Taking; The Social Reality of Drug Use; Getting Stoned in the Animal Kingdom; Addiction: Imprecise Definitions and Arbitrary Meanings; The Social Dynamics of Human Drug-Taking Experiences; Moral Entrepreneurs and Drug Crusades; Conclusions; References; Index; About the Author;
• Edition: Fourth edition
• Publisher Details: Los Angeles : SAGE
• Publication Date: 2016
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 302.542; Deviant behavior
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781483377360
• Related ISBNs: 9781483377346
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Description based on CIP data; item not viewed.
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