TY  - BOOK
AU  - Clinard,Marshall Barron
AU  - Meier,Robert F.
TI  - Sociology of deviant behavior
SN  - 0495093351 (student ed.)
PY  - 2008///
CY  - Belmont, CA
PB  - Thomson/Wadsworth
KW  - Criminal psychology
KW  - Deviant behavior
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. 496-563) and indexes; CONTENTS: Part I: Introduction to deviance -- The Nature   and Meaning of Deviance -- Deviant Events and Social   Control.Part II: Explaining deviance -- Becoming Deviant   -- Major Theories of Deviance.Part III: Deviance and  crime -- Crimes of Interpersonal Violence -- Nonviolent   Crime -- White-Collar and Corporate Crime.Part IV: Types  of deviance -- Drug Use and Addiction -- Drunkenness and   Alcoholism -- Suicide -- Heterosexual Deviance.Part V:   Studies in stigma -- Gays, Lesbians, and Homophobia --   Physical Disabilities -- Mental Disorders.Part VI:   Looking ahead -- Recent Forms of Deviance
N2  - SOCIOLOGY OF DEVIANT BEHAVIOR hits the hot topics from  terrorism to white-collar crime and shows you how  sociological theory explains them. You'll read about  justified deviance (e.g., terrorism); corporate crime and  mistakes, such as the General Motors ignition problem;  the changing moral landscape regarding gay marriage and  marijuana use; the importance of social media in  facilitating deviant acts; political crime, and more. Now  in its fifteenth edition, this book continues to be the  leader in its market. When you read it, you'll see why
ER  -