ABSTRACT
This highly successful reader presents the interactionist approach to the study of deviance, examining deviance as a phenomenon that is constituted through social interpretations and the reactions of persons caught up in this social process. This book focuses on issues such as how individuals interpret and label people, how people relate to one another based on these interpretations, and the consequences of these social processes. This perspective helps students understand both social process in general and the sociology of deviance in particular.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part |133 pages
The Social Deviant
chapter |34 pages
The Process of Social Typing
chapter |35 pages
The Cultural Context
chapter |32 pages
Accommodation to Deviance
chapter |26 pages
The Role of Third Parties
part |116 pages
The Formal Regulation of Deviance
chapter |41 pages
Agencies and Their Theories
chapter |39 pages
Organizational Processing of Deviants
chapter |32 pages
The Effects of Contact with Control Agents
part |128 pages
Relations among Deviants
chapter |27 pages
The Social Organization of Deviance
chapter |34 pages
Entry into Deviant Groups
chapter |25 pages
Acculturation to Group Norms
chapter |38 pages
Social Diversity
part |106 pages
Deviant Identity