Readings in Deviant Behavior

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Alex Thio, Thomas C. Calhoun
HarperCollins College Publishers, 1995 - Psychology - 447 pages

Contents

Defining Deviance
11
Defining Deviancy Down
17
Differential Association Theory
29
Shaming Theory
35
7Labeling Theory
41
Conflict Theory
49
A Posthumanist Perspective
91
Physical Violence
99
The Effects of Raising the Legal Minimum Drinking Age
246
Heterosexual Deviance
253
The Cultural
270
Sex Tourism in Southeast Asia
278
Does Exotic Dancing Pay Well But Cost Dearly?
284
Homosexuality
297
A Critical Gays View
305
Homosexuals in Western Armed Forces
311

15Kids Guns and Killing Fields
115
Megamurders
121
Crime Race and Values
128
Fraternities and Rape on Campus
141
Young Peoples Attitude Toward Acquaintance Rape
161
Realities and Mythologies of Rape
169
Bared Buttocks and Federal Cases
180
Economic Deviance
187
Understanding Shoplifting
197
Drug and Alcohol Abuse
223
Drugs and Free Will
232
A Career Perspective on Heroin Use and Criminal
238
Academic and Professional Deviance
329
TherapistClient Sex
345
Psychotherapists Accounts of Their Professional
354
Fluffing Up the Evidence and Covering
362
Physical and Mental Disabilities
369
CrossCultural Patterns in Eating Disorders
381
Developing Deviant Identities
392
Oops A Very Embarrassing Story About
398
An Exploration of Beliefs About Suicide
410
The Suicide Machine
417
Does Heavy Metal and Rap Music Harm Teenagers?
435
Index 443

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