| Description |
xv, 269 p. ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Contents |
pt. 1. Explaining deviance. The normal and the pathological / Emile Durkheim -- On the sociology of deviance / Kai T. Erikson -- Social structure and anomie / Robert K. Merton -- Techniques of neutralization : A theory of delinquency / Gresham M. Sykes and David Matza -- A control theory of delinquency / Travis Hirschi -- Conceptions of deviant behavior : The old and the new / Jack P. Gibbs -- The search for scapegoat deviants / Jeffery S. Victor -- pt. 2. Moral panics. Moral panics in history / Erich Goode and Nachman Ben-Yehuda -- The classic moral panic : The mods and the rockers / Kenneth Thompson -- The devil goes to day care : McMartin and the making of a moral panic / Mary de Young -- Penis panics / Robert E. Batholomew -- pt. 3. Sex and sexuality. The cochon and the hombre-hombre in Nicaragua / Roger N. Lancaster -- Women in Lesotho and the (western) construction of homophobia / K. Limakatso Kendall -- Paraphilias across cultures / Dinesh Bhugra -- pt. 4. Prostitution. Prostitution and the status of women in South Korea / Robert Heiner -- Big sister is watching you! Gender interaction and the unwritten rules of the Amsterdam red light district / Manuel B. Aalbers -- pt. 5. Drugs. Rx drugs / 60 minutes -- Healthy nightclubs and recreational substance use : From a harm minimization to a healthy settings approach / Mark A. Bellis and Karen Hughes, and Helen Lowey -- Why Ritalin rules / Mary Eberstadt -- Pumped-up panic / Dann Perry -- pt. 6. Corporate deviance. Regulation, white collar crime and the bank of credit and commerce international / Basia Spalek -- Corruption scandals In America and Europe : Enron and EU fraud in comparative perspective / Cris Shore -- pt. 7. Deviance and religion. Nones on the run : Evangelical heathens in the Deep South / Robert Heiner -- Caught up in the cult wars : Confessions of a Canadian researcher / Susan J. Palmer -- Suicide bombers : The just war debate, Islamic style / John Kelsay -- pt. 8. Mental illness. On being sane in insane places / David L. Rosenhan -- Schizophrenia in the third world / Richard Warner. |
| Subject |
Deviant behavior -- Cross-cultural studies
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| ISBN |
0195177096 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
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9780195177107 (cloth) |
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019517710X (cloth) |
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9780195177091 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
| Standard No. |
NZ1 11219628 |
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