Deviance and Social Control

A Sociological Perspective
Second Edition
Michelle L. Inderbitzin - Oregon State University, USA
Kristin A. Bates - California State University, San Marcos, USA
Randy R. Gainey - Old Dominion University, Norfolk, USA
Deviance and Social Control
July 2016 | 648 pages | Sage US
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Deviance and Social Control: A Sociological Perspective, Second Edition serves as a guide to students delving into the fascinating world of deviance for the first time. Authors Michelle Inderbitzin, Kristin A. Bates, and Randy Gainey offer a clear overview of issues and perspectives in the field, including introductions to classic and current sociological theories as well as research on definitions and causes of deviance and reactions to deviant behavior. The unique text/reader format provides the best of both worlds, offering both substantial original chapters that clearly explain and outline the sociological perspectives on deviance, along with carefully selected articles on deviance and social control taken directly from leading academic journals and books.

Contents

Chapter 1. Introduction to Deviance

Chapter 1. Introduction to Deviance

Readings

  • Morgen L. Thomas. "Sick/Beautiful/Freak: Nonmainstream Body Modification and the Social Construction of Deviance
  • Ralph Wahrman. "Status, Deviance, and Sanctions: A Critical Review."
  • Andrew Ross. "Anti-Social Debts."

Chapter 2. The Diversity of Deviance

Chapter 2. The Diversity of Deviance

Readings

  • Denise M. Reiling. "The 'Simmie' Side of Life: Old Order Amish Youths’ Affective Response to Culturally Prescribed Deviance."
  • Peter Conrad, Julia Bandini, and Alexandria Vasquez. "Illness and the Internet: From Private to Public Experience"
  • Albert Bandura, Gian-Vittorio Caprara, ad Laszlo Zsolnai. "Corporate Transgressions Through Moral Disengagement"

Chapter 3. Researching Deviance

Chapter 3. Researching Deviance

Readings

  • Marybeth Ayella. "They Must be Crazy: Some of the Difficulties in Researching 'Cults.'"
  • Raymond M. Lee and Claire M. Renzetti. "The Problems of Researching Sensitive Topics: An Overview and Introduction"
  • Thomas J. Linneman. "Reefer Normal"

Chapter 4. Anomie/Strain Theory

Chapter 4. Anomie/Strain Theory

Readings

  • Randol Contreras. "Becoming a Stickup Kid."
  • Stjepan G. Mestrovic and Ronald Lorenzo. "Durkheim’s Concept of Anomie and the Abuse at Abu Ghraib."
  • Robert Agnew. "A General Strain Theory of Terrorism."

Chapter 5. Social Disorganization Theory

Chapter 5. Social Disorganization Theory

Readings

  • Robert J. Sampson. "Rethinking Crime and Immigration"
  • John Logan. "Life and Death in the City: Neighborhoods in Context"
  • David Weisburd, Elizabeth R. Groff, Sue-Ming Yang. "The Importance of Both Opportunity and Social Disorganization Theory in a Future Research Agenda to Advance Criminological Theory and Crime Prevention at Places."

Chapter 6. Differential Association and Social Learning Theory

Chapter 6. Differential Association and Social Learning Theory

Readings

  • Lonn Lanza-Kaduce, Michael Capece, and Helena Alden. "Liquor is Quicker: Gender and Social Learning Among College Students"
  • Heather Z. Mui, Paloma Sales, and Sheigla B. Murphy. "Everybody’s Doing It: Initiation to Prescription Drug Misuse."
  • Whitney D. Gunter. "Piracy on the High Speeds: A Test of Social Learning Theory on Digital Piracy among College Students"

Chapter 7. Social Control Theories of Deviance

Chapter 7. Social Control Theories of Deviance

Readings

  • Ben-Zion Cohen and Ruth Zeira. "Social Control, Delinquency, and Victimization Among Kibbutz Adolescents."
  • Lloyd C. Harris and Alexia Dumas. "Online Consumer Misbehaviour: An Application of Neutralization Theory."
  • Amy Schalet. "Sex, Love, and Autonomy in the Teenage Sleepover."

Chapter 8. Labeling Theory

Chapter 8. Labeling Theory

Readings

  • William J. Chambliss. "The Saints and the Roughnecks."
  • David L. Rosenhan. "On Being Sane in Insane Places."

Chapter 9. Marxist and Conflict Theories of Deviance

Chapter 9. Marxist and Conflict Theories of Deviance

Readings

  • Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels. "The Communist Manifesto."
  • W. E. B. Du Bois. "The Spawn of Slavery: The Convict-Lease System in the South."
  • David G. Embrick. "Two Nations, Revisited: The Lynching of Black and Brown Bodies, Police Brutality, and the Racial Control in ‘Post-Racial’ Amerikkka."

Chapter 10. Critical Theories of Deviance

Chapter 10. Critical Theories of Deviance

Readings

  • Polly F. Radosh. "Reflections on Women’s Crime and Mothers in Prison: A Peacemaking Approach."
  • Suruchi Thapar-Björkert and Karen J. Morgan. "'But Sometimes I Think?.?.?.?They Put Themselves in the Situation': Exploring Blame and Responsibility in Interpersonal Violence."
  • Mary Romero. "Racial Profiling and Immigration Law Enforcement: Rounding Up of Usual Suspects in the Latino Community."

Chapter 11. Social Control of Deviance

Chapter 11. Social Control of Deviance

Readings

  • Michelle Inderbitzin. "Lessons From a Juvenile Training School: Survival and Growth."
  • Bruce Western. "Incarceration, Inequality, and Imagining Alternatives."

Chapter 12. Deviant Careers and Career Deviance

Chapter 12. Deviant Careers and Career Deviance

Readings

  • Kathleen Thiede Call and Donna D. McAlpine. "Harry Potter and the Wise and Powerful Life Course Theorist"
  • Mark R. Rank. "As American as Apple Pie: Poverty and Welfare"
  • Jeffrey T. Ulmer and J. William Spencer. "The Contributions of an Interactionist Approach to Research and Theory on Criminal Careers."

Chapter 13. Global Perspectives on Deviance and Social Control

Chapter 13. Global Perspectives on Deviance and Social Control

Readings

  • Sundari Anitha and Aisha K. Gill. "A Moral Panic? The Problematization of Forced Marriage in British Newspapers."
  • Daniel Chirot and Jennifer Edwards. "Making Sense of the Senseless: Understanding Genocide."
  • Sharmila Rudrappa. "India’s Reproductive Assembly Line."

Resources

Instructor Teaching Site

Calling all instructors!
It’s easy to log on to SAGE’s password-protected Instructor Teaching Site for complete and protected access to all text-specific Instructor Resources. Simply provide your institutional information for verification and within 72 hours you’ll be able to use your login information for any SAGE title! Then, pick and choose from this list, depending on what each site offers.

  • A Microsoft® Word® test bank, is available containing multiple choice, true/false, short answer, and essay questions for each chapter. The test bank provides you with a diverse range of pre-written options as well as the opportunity for editing any question and/or inserting your own personalized questions to effectively assess students’ progress and understanding.
  • Editable, chapter-specific Microsoft® PowerPoint® slides offer you complete flexibility in easily creating a multimedia presentation for your course. Highlight essential content and features.
  • Figures and tables from the printed book available in an easily-downloadable format for use in papers, hand-outs, and presentations
  • Lively and stimulating class activities that can be used in class to reinforce active learning. The activities apply to individual or group projects.
  • EXCLUSIVE! Access to certain full-text SAGE journal articles have been carefully selected for each chapter. Each article supports and expands on the concepts presented in the chapter. This feature also provides questions to focus and guide your interpretation.
  • Multimedia resources includes appeal to students with different learning styles.
http://study.sagepub.com/inderbitzindeviance2e

Student Study Site

Use the Student Study Site to get the most out of your course!
Our Student Study Site is completely open-access and offers a wide range of additional features!


The open-access Student Study Site includes the following:

  • Mobile-friendly web quizzes allow for independent assessment of progress made in learning course material.
  • EXCLUSIVE! Access to certain full-text SAGE journal articles have been carefully selected for each chapter. Each article supports and expands on the concepts presented in the chapter. This feature also provides questions to focus and guide your interpretation.
  • Multimedia resources adds appeal to students with different learning styles.
http://study.sagepub.com/inderbitzindeviance2e

Additional materials

Description

Deviance and Social Control: A Sociological Perspective, Second Edition serves as a guide to students delving into the fascinating world of deviance for the first time. Authors Michelle Inderbitzin, Kristin A. Bates, and Randy Gainey offer a clear overview of issues and perspectives in the field, including introductions to classic and current sociological theories as well as research on definitions and causes of deviance and reactions to deviant behavior. The unique text/reader format provides the best of both worlds, offering both substantial original chapters that clearly explain and outline the sociological perspectives on deviance, along with carefully selected articles on deviance and social control taken directly from leading academic journals and books.

Contents

Chapter 1. Introduction to Deviance

Chapter 1. Introduction to Deviance

Readings

  • Morgen L. Thomas. "Sick/Beautiful/Freak: Nonmainstream Body Modification and the Social Construction of Deviance
  • Ralph Wahrman. "Status, Deviance, and Sanctions: A Critical Review."
  • Andrew Ross. "Anti-Social Debts."

Chapter 2. The Diversity of Deviance

Chapter 2. The Diversity of Deviance

Readings

  • Denise M. Reiling. "The 'Simmie' Side of Life: Old Order Amish Youths’ Affective Response to Culturally Prescribed Deviance."
  • Peter Conrad, Julia Bandini, and Alexandria Vasquez. "Illness and the Internet: From Private to Public Experience"
  • Albert Bandura, Gian-Vittorio Caprara, ad Laszlo Zsolnai. "Corporate Transgressions Through Moral Disengagement"

Chapter 3. Researching Deviance

Chapter 3. Researching Deviance

Readings

  • Marybeth Ayella. "They Must be Crazy: Some of the Difficulties in Researching 'Cults.'"
  • Raymond M. Lee and Claire M. Renzetti. "The Problems of Researching Sensitive Topics: An Overview and Introduction"
  • Thomas J. Linneman. "Reefer Normal"

Chapter 4. Anomie/Strain Theory

Chapter 4. Anomie/Strain Theory

Readings

  • Randol Contreras. "Becoming a Stickup Kid."
  • Stjepan G. Mestrovic and Ronald Lorenzo. "Durkheim’s Concept of Anomie and the Abuse at Abu Ghraib."
  • Robert Agnew. "A General Strain Theory of Terrorism."

Chapter 5. Social Disorganization Theory

Chapter 5. Social Disorganization Theory

Readings

  • Robert J. Sampson. "Rethinking Crime and Immigration"
  • John Logan. "Life and Death in the City: Neighborhoods in Context"
  • David Weisburd, Elizabeth R. Groff, Sue-Ming Yang. "The Importance of Both Opportunity and Social Disorganization Theory in a Future Research Agenda to Advance Criminological Theory and Crime Prevention at Places."

Chapter 6. Differential Association and Social Learning Theory

Chapter 6. Differential Association and Social Learning Theory

Readings

  • Lonn Lanza-Kaduce, Michael Capece, and Helena Alden. "Liquor is Quicker: Gender and Social Learning Among College Students"
  • Heather Z. Mui, Paloma Sales, and Sheigla B. Murphy. "Everybody’s Doing It: Initiation to Prescription Drug Misuse."
  • Whitney D. Gunter. "Piracy on the High Speeds: A Test of Social Learning Theory on Digital Piracy among College Students"

Chapter 7. Social Control Theories of Deviance

Chapter 7. Social Control Theories of Deviance

Readings

  • Ben-Zion Cohen and Ruth Zeira. "Social Control, Delinquency, and Victimization Among Kibbutz Adolescents."
  • Lloyd C. Harris and Alexia Dumas. "Online Consumer Misbehaviour: An Application of Neutralization Theory."
  • Amy Schalet. "Sex, Love, and Autonomy in the Teenage Sleepover."

Chapter 8. Labeling Theory

Chapter 8. Labeling Theory

Readings

  • William J. Chambliss. "The Saints and the Roughnecks."
  • David L. Rosenhan. "On Being Sane in Insane Places."

Chapter 9. Marxist and Conflict Theories of Deviance

Chapter 9. Marxist and Conflict Theories of Deviance

Readings

  • Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels. "The Communist Manifesto."
  • W. E. B. Du Bois. "The Spawn of Slavery: The Convict-Lease System in the South."
  • David G. Embrick. "Two Nations, Revisited: The Lynching of Black and Brown Bodies, Police Brutality, and the Racial Control in ‘Post-Racial’ Amerikkka."

Chapter 10. Critical Theories of Deviance

Chapter 10. Critical Theories of Deviance

Readings

  • Polly F. Radosh. "Reflections on Women’s Crime and Mothers in Prison: A Peacemaking Approach."
  • Suruchi Thapar-Björkert and Karen J. Morgan. "'But Sometimes I Think?.?.?.?They Put Themselves in the Situation': Exploring Blame and Responsibility in Interpersonal Violence."
  • Mary Romero. "Racial Profiling and Immigration Law Enforcement: Rounding Up of Usual Suspects in the Latino Community."

Chapter 11. Social Control of Deviance

Chapter 11. Social Control of Deviance

Readings

  • Michelle Inderbitzin. "Lessons From a Juvenile Training School: Survival and Growth."
  • Bruce Western. "Incarceration, Inequality, and Imagining Alternatives."

Chapter 12. Deviant Careers and Career Deviance

Chapter 12. Deviant Careers and Career Deviance

Readings

  • Kathleen Thiede Call and Donna D. McAlpine. "Harry Potter and the Wise and Powerful Life Course Theorist"
  • Mark R. Rank. "As American as Apple Pie: Poverty and Welfare"
  • Jeffrey T. Ulmer and J. William Spencer. "The Contributions of an Interactionist Approach to Research and Theory on Criminal Careers."

Chapter 13. Global Perspectives on Deviance and Social Control

Chapter 13. Global Perspectives on Deviance and Social Control

Readings

  • Sundari Anitha and Aisha K. Gill. "A Moral Panic? The Problematization of Forced Marriage in British Newspapers."
  • Daniel Chirot and Jennifer Edwards. "Making Sense of the Senseless: Understanding Genocide."
  • Sharmila Rudrappa. "India’s Reproductive Assembly Line."

Resources

Instructor Teaching Site

Calling all instructors!
It’s easy to log on to SAGE’s password-protected Instructor Teaching Site for complete and protected access to all text-specific Instructor Resources. Simply provide your institutional information for verification and within 72 hours you’ll be able to use your login information for any SAGE title! Then, pick and choose from this list, depending on what each site offers.

  • A Microsoft® Word® test bank, is available containing multiple choice, true/false, short answer, and essay questions for each chapter. The test bank provides you with a diverse range of pre-written options as well as the opportunity for editing any question and/or inserting your own personalized questions to effectively assess students’ progress and understanding.
  • Editable, chapter-specific Microsoft® PowerPoint® slides offer you complete flexibility in easily creating a multimedia presentation for your course. Highlight essential content and features.
  • Figures and tables from the printed book available in an easily-downloadable format for use in papers, hand-outs, and presentations
  • Lively and stimulating class activities that can be used in class to reinforce active learning. The activities apply to individual or group projects.
  • EXCLUSIVE! Access to certain full-text SAGE journal articles have been carefully selected for each chapter. Each article supports and expands on the concepts presented in the chapter. This feature also provides questions to focus and guide your interpretation.
  • Multimedia resources includes appeal to students with different learning styles.
http://study.sagepub.com/inderbitzindeviance2e

Student Study Site

Use the Student Study Site to get the most out of your course!
Our Student Study Site is completely open-access and offers a wide range of additional features!


The open-access Student Study Site includes the following:

  • Mobile-friendly web quizzes allow for independent assessment of progress made in learning course material.
  • EXCLUSIVE! Access to certain full-text SAGE journal articles have been carefully selected for each chapter. Each article supports and expands on the concepts presented in the chapter. This feature also provides questions to focus and guide your interpretation.
  • Multimedia resources adds appeal to students with different learning styles.
http://study.sagepub.com/inderbitzindeviance2e

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A Sociological Perspective

Michelle L. Inderbitzin , Kristin A. Bates , Randy R. Gainey
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Deviance and Social Control: A Sociological Perspective, Second Edition serves as a guide to students delving into the fascinating world of deviance for the first time. Authors Michelle Inderbitzin, Kristin A. Bates, and Randy Gainey offer a clear overview of issues and perspectives in the field, including introductions to classic and current sociological theories as well as research on definitions and causes of deviance and reactions to deviant behavior. The unique text/reader format provides the best of both worlds, offering both substantial original chapters that clearly explain and outline the sociological perspectives on deviance, along with carefully selected articles on deviance and social control taken directly from leading academic journals and books.

Table Of Contents:

  • Chapter 1. Introduction to Deviance
  • Readings
  • Morgen L. Thomas. "Sick/Beautiful/Freak: Nonmainstream Body Modification and the Social Construction of Deviance
  • Ralph Wahrman. "Status, Deviance, and Sanctions: A Critical Review."
  • Andrew Ross. "Anti-Social Debts."
  • Chapter 2. The Diversity of Deviance
  • Readings
  • Denise M. Reiling. "The 'Simmie' Side of Life: Old Order Amish Youths’ Affective Response to Culturally Prescribed Deviance."
  • Peter Conrad, Julia Bandini, and Alexandria Vasquez. "Illness and the Internet: From Private to Public Experience"
  • Albert Bandura, Gian-Vittorio Caprara, ad Laszlo Zsolnai. "Corporate Transgressions Through Moral Disengagement"
  • Chapter 3. Researching Deviance
  • Readings
  • Marybeth Ayella. "They Must be Crazy: Some of the Difficulties in Researching 'Cults.'"
  • Raymond M. Lee and Claire M. Renzetti. "The Problems of Researching Sensitive Topics: An Overview and Introduction"
  • Thomas J. Linneman. "Reefer Normal"
  • Chapter 4. Anomie/Strain Theory
  • Readings
  • Randol Contreras. "Becoming a Stickup Kid."
  • Stjepan G. Mestrovic and Ronald Lorenzo. "Durkheim’s Concept of Anomie and the Abuse at Abu Ghraib."
  • Robert Agnew. "A General Strain Theory of Terrorism."
  • Chapter 5. Social Disorganization Theory
  • Readings
  • Robert J. Sampson. "Rethinking Crime and Immigration"
  • John Logan. "Life and Death in the City: Neighborhoods in Context"
  • David Weisburd, Elizabeth R. Groff, Sue-Ming Yang. "The Importance of Both Opportunity and Social Disorganization Theory in a Future Research Agenda to Advance Criminological Theory and Crime Prevention at Places."
  • Chapter 6. Differential Association and Social Learning Theory
  • Readings
  • Lonn Lanza-Kaduce, Michael Capece, and Helena Alden. "Liquor is Quicker: Gender and Social Learning Among College Students"
  • Heather Z. Mui, Paloma Sales, and Sheigla B. Murphy. "Everybody’s Doing It: Initiation to Prescription Drug Misuse."
  • Whitney D. Gunter. "Piracy on the High Speeds: A Test of Social Learning Theory on Digital Piracy among College Students"
  • Chapter 7. Social Control Theories of Deviance
  • Readings
  • Ben-Zion Cohen and Ruth Zeira. "Social Control, Delinquency, and Victimization Among Kibbutz Adolescents."
  • Lloyd C. Harris and Alexia Dumas. "Online Consumer Misbehaviour: An Application of Neutralization Theory."
  • Amy Schalet. "Sex, Love, and Autonomy in the Teenage Sleepover."
  • Chapter 8. Labeling Theory
  • Readings
  • William J. Chambliss. "The Saints and the Roughnecks."
  • David L. Rosenhan. "On Being Sane in Insane Places."
  • Chapter 9. Marxist and Conflict Theories of Deviance
  • Readings
  • Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels. "The Communist Manifesto."
  • W. E. B. Du Bois. "The Spawn of Slavery: The Convict-Lease System in the South."
  • David G. Embrick. "Two Nations, Revisited: The Lynching of Black and Brown Bodies, Police Brutality, and the Racial Control in ‘Post-Racial’ Amerikkka."
  • Chapter 10. Critical Theories of Deviance
  • Readings
  • Polly F. Radosh. "Reflections on Women’s Crime and Mothers in Prison: A Peacemaking Approach."
  • Suruchi Thapar-Björkert and Karen J. Morgan. "'But Sometimes I Think?.?.?.?They Put Themselves in the Situation': Exploring Blame and Responsibility in Interpersonal Violence."
  • Mary Romero. "Racial Profiling and Immigration Law Enforcement: Rounding Up of Usual Suspects in the Latino Community."
  • Chapter 11. Social Control of Deviance
  • Readings
  • Michelle Inderbitzin. "Lessons From a Juvenile Training School: Survival and Growth."
  • Bruce Western. "Incarceration, Inequality, and Imagining Alternatives."
  • Chapter 12. Deviant Careers and Career Deviance
  • Readings
  • Kathleen Thiede Call and Donna D. McAlpine. "Harry Potter and the Wise and Powerful Life Course Theorist"
  • Mark R. Rank. "As American as Apple Pie: Poverty and Welfare"
  • Jeffrey T. Ulmer and J. William Spencer. "The Contributions of an Interactionist Approach to Research and Theory on Criminal Careers."
  • Chapter 13. Global Perspectives on Deviance and Social Control
  • Readings
  • Sundari Anitha and Aisha K. Gill. "A Moral Panic? The Problematization of Forced Marriage in British Newspapers."
  • Daniel Chirot and Jennifer Edwards. "Making Sense of the Senseless: Understanding Genocide."
  • Sharmila Rudrappa. "India’s Reproductive Assembly Line."

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