Deviant behavior. (2020)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: John A. Humphrey, Frank A. Schmalleger.
• Authors: Humphrey, John A; Schmalleger, Frank
• Contents: Preface; Acknowledgments; About the Authors; CHAPTER 1 • Introduction to the Study of Deviant Behavior; Introduction; Defining Deviant Behavior; Dimensions of Deviance; Functions of Deviant Behavior; Globalization and Deviant Behavior; The Theme of This Book; A Conceptual Framework for the Study of Deviance; Book Overview; Chapter Summary; Key Concepts; Critical Thinking Questions; CHAPTER 2 • Theories of Deviant Behavior: I Classical Theories; Introduction; Evidence-Based Behavior Analysis; What Is a Theory?; Criteria for Evaluating a Theory; The Classical School; Societal Reaction/Labeling Perspective; Social Control Theory; New Theoretical Approaches; Chapter Summary; Key Names; Key Concepts; Critical Thinking Questions; CHAPTER 3 • Theories of Deviant Behavior: II Contemporary Perspectives<br /> Introduction; The Conflict Perspective; The Functionalist Perspective; Differential Association/Social Learning; Ronald Akers’s Social Learning Approach to Deviance; Chapter Summary; Key Names; Key Concepts; Critical Thinking Questions; CHAPTER 4 • Homicide; Introduction; Types and Definitions of Homicide, Assault, and Battery; Global Patterns of Homicide; Patterns and Trends in Criminal Homicide in the United States; Age, Gender, and Race Patterns of Homicide in the United States; Homicide Victim–Offender Relationships; Theories of Criminal Homicide and Assaultive Behavior; Chapter Summary; Key Concepts; Critical Thinking Questions; CHAPTER 5 • Domestic Violence; Introduction; Legal Definitions; Social Definitions; Extent and Nature of Domestic Violence; Costs and Consequences of Domestic/Intimate Partner Violence; Risk Factors for Domestic Violence; Corporal Punishment; Theories of Domestic Violence; Chapter Summary; Key Concepts; Critical Thinking Questions; CHAPTER 6 • Suicide and Life-Threatening Behaviors; Introduction; Medical/Legal Definitions of Suicide; Suicide Around the World and in the United States; Patterns of Suicide; Precipitants of Suicide; Special Topics; Theories of Suicide; Chapter Summary; Key Concepts; Critical Thinking Questions; CHAPTER 7 • Mental Illness; Introduction; Nature of Mental Illness; The Epidemiology and Costs of Mental Illness; Prevalence of Mental Disorders in the United States; Theoretical Explanations of Mental Illness; Chapter Summary; Key Concepts; Critical Thinking Questions; CHAPTER 8 • Alcohol Abuse; Introduction; Definitions; DSM-5 Criteria for Alcohol Use Disorder; Alcohol Use Around the World; Substance Use in the United States; Culture and Alcohol Use; Religion, Spirituality, and Substance Use; Special Issues; Explanations of Alcohol Abuse; Chapter Summary; Key Concepts; Critical Thinking Questions; CHAPTER 9 • Illicit Drug Use; Introduction; Definitions; Illicit Drug Use Around the World; Illicit Drug Use in the United States; Marginal Populations; Explanations for Illicit Drug Dependence; Chapter Summary; Key Concepts; Critical Thinking Questions; CHAPTER 10 • Sexual Offending; Introduction; Definitions of Criminal Sexual Offending; Rates of Criminal Sexual Offending; Characteristics of Criminal Sexual Offending; Typology of Rapists; Prostitution; Online Sexual Solicitation and Child Pornography; Consequences of Childhood Sexual Victimization; Explanations for Criminal Sexual Offending; Chapter Summary; Key Concepts; Critical Thinking Questions; CHAPTER 11 • Property Crimes; Introduction; Statutory Definitions; Rates in the United States; Property Crimes Around the World; Victims of Property Crimes; Costs of Property Crime; Victim–Offender Relationship; Criminal Decision Making; Types of Thieves; Theoretical Explanations; Chapter Summary; Key Concepts; Critical Thinking Questions; CHAPTER 12 • White-Collar and Organized Crime; Introduction; White-Collar, Corporate, and Government Crime; Definitions and Forms of White-Collar Crime; Extent of White-Collar Crime; Extent of Organized Crime; Theoretical Explanations; Chapter Summary; Key Concepts; Critical Thinking Questions; CHAPTER 13 • Cyberdeviance; Introduction; Types of Computer Crimes; Extent and Patterns of Cybercrime; Methods of Cyberdeviance; Typology of Cyberdeviants; Cyberdeviant Subculture; Ethics and the Cyberdeviant; Cyberdeviance Motivation; Sexting: Internet Crime, Deviance, or Neither?; Theories of Cyberdeviance; Chapter Summary; Key Concepts; Critical Thinking Questions; CHAPTER 14 • Positive Deviance; Introduction; Positive Deviance Defined; Characteristics of Positive Deviants; Explanations of Positive Deviance; Chapter Summary; Key Concepts; Critical Thinking Questions; CHAPTER 15 • Extreme Forms of Everyday Behaviors: Working, Using the Internet, and Exercising; Introduction; Extreme Forms of Everyday Behavior; Nature of Overwork; Computer and Internet Addiction; Extreme Sports; Theoretical Understandings of Extreme Forms of Everyday Behavior; Chapter Summary; Key Concepts; Critical Thinking Questions; CHAPTER 16 • Terrorism; Introduction; What Is Terrorism?; Terrorism and Crime; Official Definitions of Terrorism; Extent of Worldwide Terrorism; Typology of Terrorism; Terrorist Organizational Structure; Terrorist Organizational Dynamics; Terrorism: Psychopathology Versus Rational Behavior; Cyberterrorism; Explanations for Terrorism; Chapter Summary; Key Concepts; Critical Thinking Questions; Glossary; References; Index;
• Edition: 1st
• Publisher Details: Los Angeles : SAGE
• Publication Date: 2020
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 302.542; Deviant behavior
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781544394695
• Related ISBNs: 9781544307923
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Description based on CIP data; resource not viewed.
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