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Understanding deviance : a guide to the sociology of crime and rule-breaking

Title
Understanding deviance : a guide to the sociology of crime and rule-breaking / David Downes, Paul Rock.
Author
Downes, David M.
Publication
Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2003.

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Additional Authors
Rock, Paul Elliott.
Description
x, 418 pages; 24 cm
Summary
This is the new edition of the textbook, 'Understanding Deviance', that guides the new student through the major sociological theories of crime, deviance and control. It offers an in-depth discussion of all the prominent theories of deviance.
Subject
  • Deviant behavior
  • Crime > Sociological aspects
  • deviant behavior
  • 71.65 criminality as a social problem
  • 71.64 deviant behavior
  • Crime > Sociological aspects
  • Deviant behavior
  • Abweichendes Verhalten
  • Kriminalsoziologie
  • Afwijkend gedrag
  • Criminaliteit
Note
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. [370]-401) and index.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 370-401) and index.
Contents
Confusion and diversity -- Sources of knowledge about deviance -- The University of Chicago Sociology Department -- Functionalism, deviance, and control -- Anomie -- Culture and subculture -- Symbolic interactionism -- Phenomenology -- Control theories -- Radical criminology -- Feminist criminology -- Deviance theories and social policy -- The matamorphosis of deviance?
ISBN
  • 0199243913
  • 9780199243914
LCCN
  • 2003269989
  • 99806077303
OCLC
  • ocm51168745
  • 51168745
  • SCSB-9054485
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library