ABSTRACT

Originally published in 1974, Deviance and Social Control represents a collection of original papers first heard at the annual meeting of the British Sociological Association in 1971. They reveal how the American approach to deviance has been taken up by British sociologists, and revised and modified, and they explore possibilities of extending and strengthening the subject, for instance through comparative analysis or by examining issues which bear on deviant behaviour.

chapter |40 pages

Criminology and the sociology of deviance in Britain

A recent history and a current report

chapter |24 pages

The sociology of crime and the emergence of criminal laws

A review of some excursions into the sociology of law

chapter |34 pages

Problems in the comparative analysis of deviance

A survey and a proposal

chapter |46 pages

‘Persons believed missing’

A search for a sociological interpretation

chapter |20 pages

Dock pilferage

A case study in occupational theft

chapter |32 pages

Mass media, drugs, and deviance 1

chapter |46 pages

Deviance, politics, and the media