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Understanding Deviance

In this collection of 48 reprinted and completely original readings, Tammy L. Anderson gives her fellow instructors of the undergraduate deviance course a refreshing way to energize and revitalize their courses.

First, in 12 separate sections, she presents a wide range of deviant behaviors, traits, and conditions including underage drinking and drunk driving, doping in elite sports, gang behavior, community crime, juvenile delinquency, hate crime, prison violence and transgendered prisoners, mental illness, drug-using women and domestic violence, obesity, tattooing, sexual fetishes, prostitution, drug epidemics, viral pandemics, crime control strategies and racial inequality, gay neighborhoods, HIV and bugchasers, and (lastly) youth, multicultural identity, and music scenes.

Second, her pairing of classic and contemporary viewpoints about deviance and social control not only connects important literatures of the past to todays (student) readers, but her connections framework also helps all of us see social life and social processes more clearly when alternative meanings are accorded to similar forms of deviant behavior. We also learn how to appreciate and interact with those who see things differently from ourselves. This may better equip us to reach common goals in an increasingly diverse and ever-changing world.

Third, a major teaching goal of Andersons anthology is to sharpen students critical thinking skills by forcing them to look at how a deviant behavior, trait, or condition can be viewed from opposing or alternative perspectives. By learning to see deviance from multiple perspectives, students will better understand their own and others behavior and experiences and be able to anticipate future trends. Balancing multiple perspectives may also assist students in their practical work in social service, criminal justice, and other agencies and institutions that deal with populations considered deviant in one way or another.

Tammy L. Anderson is a Professor of Sociology and Criminal Justice at the University of Delaware. Her recent books Rave Culture: The Alteration and Decline of a Philadelphia Music Scene (Temple University Press, 2009), Sex, Drugs, and Death (Routledge, 2010), and Neither Villain nor Victim: Empowerment and Agency among Women Substance Abusers (Rutgers University Press, 2008), along with her many peer review papers on substance abuse, crime, and music scenes, showcase her range of scholarship in the area of deviance, culture, and social control.

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Edited by Doug Hartmann, University of Minnesota; Valerie Jenness, University of California, Irvine; and Jodi OBrien, Seattle University

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Understanding deviance : connecting classical and contemporary pieces / edited by Tammy L. Anderson.

pages cm. (Contemporary sociological perspectives)

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. Deviant behavior. I. Anderson, Tammy L., 1963

HM811.U53 2014

302.542dc23 2013024883

ISBN: 978-0-415-64260-6 (hbk)
ISBN: 978-0-415-64261-3 (pbk)
ISBN: 978-1-315-87963-5 (ebk)

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Contents

Tammy L. Anderson

SECTION 1
Defining Deviance

Tammy L. Anderson

Emile Durkheim

Durkheim defines deviance from a statistical standpoint or by the prevalence of deviance in society. He seeks an objective criterion by which social phenomena can be rendered normal or pathological and deviant. From this perspective, Durkheim claims to measure the condition of society. His approach to deviance is different from the moral and social reaction definitions of deviance included in this section.

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