Social Deviance

Short Introductions

by Stuart Henry, Lindsay M. Howard

This popular introductory text explores the meaning of social deviance in contemporary society. It carefully traces how we create how we single out some people's behavior, ideas, and appearances that differ from the "norm" and label them as offensive or acceptable. The book explains what kinds of behaviors are banned, who bans them, and why; exposing the political influences underlying these processes.

This third edition includes case studies in every chapter, ranging across issues such as marijuana legislation, sex work, cyber-extortion, mental illness, and obesity. This new edition includes two new chapters addressing the political dimensions of deviant labeling and stereotyping as methods of control, and the growing intolerance of deviance, particularly identity difference, in an age of global authoritarian populism.

At its core, Social Deviance looks at who becomes deviant and why. It delves into the multiple motives that cause rule-breakers to behave badly in the eyes of those they offend or creatively in the eyes of those they please, and it reveals the way deviants think about their actions, their moral identity, and their fellow moral outcasts.

Genres: Nonfiction, Sociology

304 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2009

Reviews

[Lilly]

okay technically I didn't read the last chapter buy whatever I'm counting it

[Maythazin Minthu]

Read for class. Eh.

[Della fuckboi · Rating 5 out of 5]

Ytterligare än kursbok som var så satans bra. ”Social deviance” handlar om hur avvikande beteenden skapas och vilka som ses som avvikande av samhället. Väldigt spännande att prata om social kontroll kopplat till avvikande beteende, och hur vi som samhälle vill att andra ska vara konformativa.

Hur moralpanik skapas på grund av avvikare som anses vara farliga, även om så inte alltid är fallet.

[Alejandro · Rating 3 out of 5]

Readable, but not pleasurable.

[Dylan Beecher · Rating 4 out of 5]

good textbook better class, I hope to stay a prosocial human being even though it’s just a construct it is simple to abide than be a societal norm contrarian