Constructions of deviance : social power, context, and interaction /

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Imprint:Belmont, Calif. : Wadsworth Pub. Co., c1994.
Description:xx, 588 p. : port. ; 23 cm.
Language:English
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/1496463
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Other authors / contributors:Adler, Patricia A.
Adler, Peter, 1952-
ISBN:0534213421 (acid-free paper)
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (p. [587]-588).
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Table of Contents:
  • Preface
  • General Introduction
  • Part I. Defining Deviance
  • 1. On the Sociology of Deviance
  • 2. Deviance as Crime, Sin, and Poor Taste
  • 3. Positive Deviance
  • Part II. Theories of Deviance
  • 4. The Normal and the Pathological
  • 5. Social Structure and Anomie
  • 6. Conflict Theory of Crime
  • 7. The Conflict of Conduct Norms
  • 8. Differential Association
  • 9. Labeling Theory
  • 10. Control Theory of Delinquency
  • Part III. Studying Deviance
  • 11. Child Abuse Reporting
  • 12. Survey of Sexual Behavior of Americans
  • 13. Researching Dealers and Smugglers
  • Part IV. Constructing Deviance
  • Moral Entrepreneurs
  • 14. Moral Entrepreneurs
  • 15. The Social Construction of Drug Scares
  • 16. Blowing Smoke: Status Politics and the Smoking Ban
  • 17. Moral Panics: The Case of Satanic Day Care Centers
  • Differential Social Power
  • 18. The Saints and the Roughnecks
  • 19. The Police and the Black Male
  • 20. Homophobia in Sport
  • Part V. Deviant Identity
  • Identity Development
  • 21. Becoming Bisexual
  • 22. Labeling the Redhead
  • 23. Anorexia Nervosa and Bulimia: The Development of Deviant Identities
  • Accounts and Neutralizations
  • 24. Convicted Rapists' Vocabulary of Motive: Excuses and Justifications
  • 25. The Influence of Situational Ethics on Cheating Among College Students
  • Stigma Management
  • 26. Women Athletes as Falsely Accused Deviants: Managing the Lesbian Stigma
  • 27. Stigma Management Among Gay/Bisexual Men with HIV/AIDS
  • 28. The Collective Stigma Management of Prostitutes
  • Part VI. Relations Among Deviants
  • Individuals
  • 29. Sexual Asphyxia: A Neglected Area of Study
  • Subcultures
  • 30. Real Punks and Pretenders: The Social Organization of a Counterculture
  • Gangs
  • 31. Race in the Hood
  • Formal Organizations
  • 32. International Organized Crime
  • Corporations
  • 33. Elite Organizational Deviance
  • Part VII. Deviant Acts
  • Cooperation
  • 34. Women in Outlaw Motorcycle Gangs
  • 35. Turn-Ons for Money: Interactional Strategies of the Table Dancer
  • Conflict
  • 36. Fraternities and Rape on Campus
  • 37. Boiler Room Fraud
  • Part VIII. Deviant Careers
  • Entering Deviance
  • 38. Negotiating the Tattoo
  • 39. Joining a Gang
  • Being Deviant
  • 40. Gender and the Accomplishment of Street Robbery
  • 41. Gay Male Christian Couples and Sexual Exclusivity
  • Exiting Deviance
  • 42. Shifts and Oscillations in Deviant Careers: The Case of Upper-Level Drug Dealers and Smugglers
  • 43. The Professional Ex-: An Alternative for Exiting the Deviant Career
  • References for the General and Part Introductions