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This best-selling text covers a wide spectrum of deviance theories and analyzes numerous specific deviant behaviors. The author presents a wealth of research data, often debunking our common assumptions about deviant behavior and challenging students to think about and evaluate their own biases and preconceptions. As with every edition, this text has been carefully updated. Some of these updates include: A new chapter on internet deviance that showcases important and interesting topics on various aspects of ...
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This best-selling text covers a wide spectrum of deviance theories and analyzes numerous specific deviant behaviors. The author presents a wealth of research data, often debunking our common assumptions about deviant behavior and challenging students to think about and evaluate their own biases and preconceptions. As with every edition, this text has been carefully updated. Some of these updates include: A new chapter on internet deviance that showcases important and interesting topics on various aspects of cyberdeviance. A boxed feature examining "Myths and Realities" in the realm of deviance. Interesting topics that are both engaging for today's students and important in today's world.
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A readable text featuring real-life vignettes, student-oriented examples, and critical analysis of theories and data on specific deviant behaviors. Coverage encompasses theoretical perspectives such as feminism, postmodernism, and Marxist theories, as well as newly recognized deviances such as cyberporn, cigarette smoking, terrorism, homophobia, and governmental deviance. This edition includes new material on school violence, serial killers, the link between social class and mental illness, and the Russian Mafia. The author teaches sociology at Ohio University. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
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  • ISBN-13: 9780395253236
  • Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Company College Division
  • Publication date: 1/28/1978
  • Pages: 416

Meet the Author

Alex Thio is Professor of Sociology at Ohio University. Born of Chinese parentage in Penang, Malaysia, he grew up in a multicultural environment. He acquired fluency in Mandarin (modern standard Chinese), Malay, and Indonesian. He also picked up a smattering of English and Dutch. He took French and German in high school and college.

Professor Thio attended primary school in Malaysia and high school in Indonesia. He then came to the United States and worked his way through Central Methodist College in Missouri, where he majored in social sciences. Later, he studied sociology as a graduate student at the State University of New York at Buffalo, and he completed his doctorate while working as a research and teaching assistant.

Professor Thio regularly teaches courses in deviance, introductory sociology, social problems, and criminology. In addition to teaching, he enjoys writing. He is the author of the Sociology: A Brief Introduction , Society: Myths and Realities (Penguin Academic), and Deviant Behavior .

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Table of Contents

Preface
About the Author
Pt. I General Definitions and Theories of Deviant Behavior 1
Ch. 1 What Is Deviant Behavior? 3
Ch. 2 Traditional Theories of Deviance 16
Ch. 3 Modern Theories of Deviance 33
Pt. II Specific Forms of Deviant Behavior 53
Ch. 4 Physical Violence 55
Ch. 5 Forcible Rape 83
Ch. 6 Family Violence 111
Ch. 7 Suicide 129
Ch. 8 Mental Disorder 157
Ch. 9 Heterosexual Deviance 188
Ch. 10 Homophobia and Its Targets 219
Ch. 11 Illegal Drug Use 247
Ch. 12 Drinking and Alcoholism 274
Ch. 13 White-Collar and Governmental Deviance 299
Ch. 14 Disreputable Economic Deviance 325
References 351
Photo Credits 379
Name Index 381
Subject Index 395
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