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Understanding Deviance is an essential guide to criminological theory framed in a Canadian context. Prominent theorists such as Durkheim, Merton, and Thrasher are used to highlight the roots of the discipline, while the likes of Cicourel, Matza and Garland show how early approaches can be revised for the present-day. Some of the topics covered include juvenile deviance, street crime, aboriginal poverty, global capitalism, environmental crime, and living in a risk society. To ensure a balanced perspective, the major sociological theories of deviance are coupled with any important criticisms that have been voiced against them. Critical thinking questions and other pedagogical features showcase interesting issues that reflect the complex character of deviance in the modern world and act as a springboard for student exploration. This text offers students and instructors alike an excellent resource for studying deviance from a fresh new standpoint!

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• 1 Confusion and Diversity
• Chapter Overview
• Introduction
• The Character and Sources of Ambiguity
• Sources of Diversity
• The Social Contexts of Differentiation
• Implications
• Chapter Summary
• 2 Sources of Knowledge about Deviance
• Chapter Overview
• Introduction
• The Elusive Quality of Deviance
• Some Methodological Strategies
• Indirect Sources
• Implications
• Chapter Summary
• 3 The University of Chicago School
• Chapter Overview
• Introduction
• The University, the Department, and the City
• The Roots of Responsiveness
• Ecology
• Social Ecology in Montreal
• Deviance, Crime, and Pathology
• The Normal and the Pathological
• Criticism
• Conclusion
• Chapter Summary
• 4 Functionalism, Deviance, and Control
• Chapter Overview
• Introduction
• The Sociological Background
• The Functions of Deviance and Control - Durkheim and Mead
• Developments in American Sociology
• Criticism
• Chapter Summary
• 5 Anomie
• Chapter Overview
• Introduction
• Durkheim's Theory of Anomie
• Merton's Theory of Anomie
• Anomie and After
• The Crisis of Social Capital
• Towards an Anomic Culture?Criticism
• Chapter Summary
• 6 Culture and Subculture
• Chapter Overview
• Introduction
• Theoretical Perspectives
• Criticism
• Chapter Summary
• 7 Symbolic Interactionism
• Chapter Overview
• Introduction
• Symbolic Interactionism and Deviance
• Criticism
• Chapter Summary
• 8 Phenomenology
• Chapter Overview
• Introduction
• Phenomenology: Some Premises
• Phenomenology, Sociology, and Deviance
• Criticism
• Chapter Summary
• 9 Control Theories
• Chapter Overview
• Introduction
• Sociological Control Theories of Deviance'Situational' Control Theories
• Miscellaneous Theories of a Control Character
• Routine Activity Theory
• Criticism
• Chapter Summary
• 10 Radical Criminology
• Chapter Overview
• Introduction
• The 'New' Criminology
• The 'Birmingham School'Radical Criminology in America
• Allied Approaches
• The Emergence of 'Left Realism''New Directions' in Canadian Criminology
• Criticism
• Chapter Summary
• 11 Feminist Criminology
• Chapter Overview
• Introduction
• Female Emancipation and Crime
• Leniency and Control
• Gender, Crime, and Social Control
• Feminism and the Female Victim
• Criticism
• Chapter Summary
• 12 Deviance Theories and Social Policy|2
• 13 The Metamorphosis of Deviance
• Chapter Overview
• Introduction
• How Theories Illuminate the Millennium - Prediction and Control
• Conclusion
• Glossary
• Endnotes
• References
• Index

Notas de autor provistas por Syndetics

David Downes is Professor Emeritus of Social Administration at the London School of Economics and Political Science. Paul Rock is a Professor of Social Institutions at the London School of Economics and Political Science. Chris McCormick is a Professor in the Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice at St. Thomas University in New Brunswick.