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  • Celluloid Mischief

    Deviance and Crime on the Silver Screen

    by Erich Goode ...
    Celluloid Mischief examines the portrayal of wrongdoing and “deviant” behavior in film. The premise is that films are material products of both individual and collective imagination that reflect the values and norms of the society that produce them. On this basis, it is possible to perceive how society understands and classifies particular kinds of behavior and assigns or designates classes of ... Read more

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  • The Taming of New York's Washington Square

    A Wild Civility

    by Erich Goode ...
    The surprising and unofficial system of social control and regulation that keeps crime rates low in New York City’s Washington Square ParkLocated in New York City’s Greenwich Village, Washington Square Park is a 9.75-acre public park that is perhaps best known for its historic Washington Square Arch, a landmark at the foot of 5th Avenue. Hundreds, if not thousands, pass through the park every day, ... Read more

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  • Deviant Behavior

    by Erich Goode ...
    The new 2022 edition of the most widely taught deviance text brings us into a changing political era. A new chapter on political deviance includes a section that defines political deviance, emphasizing a sociological and not an ideological definition. It also covers which sectors of the society define what constitutes political deviance; and political deviance and its relation to social change. In ... Read more

    $111.99 USD

  • Marijuana

    Edited by Erich Goode ...
    Marijuana seeks to bring to the reader the whole configuration of this problem, which, like the Sexual Revolution and the New Politics, was at the heart of the alienation felt by many young people during the second half of the 1960s and the fears of social breakdown voiced by many of their elders.The book, first published in 1969, describes the history of marijuana use, how the drug was ... Read more

    $68.99 USD

  • The Handbook of Deviance

    Edited by Erich Goode ...
    Series series Wiley Handbooks in Criminology and Criminal Justice
    The Handbook of Deviance is a definitive reference for professionals, researchers, and students that provides a comprehensive and engaging introduction to the sociology of deviance.Composed of over 30 essays written by an international array of scholars and meticulously edited by one of the best known authorities on the study of devianceFeatures chapters on cutting-edge topics, such as terrorism ... Read more

    $181.00 USD

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    One of the most groundbreaking sociology texts of the mid-20th century, Howard S. Becker’s Outsiders is a thorough exploration of social deviance and how it can be addressed in an understanding and helpful manner.A compulsively readable and thoroughly researched exploration of social deviance and the application of what is known as "labeling theory" to the studies of deviance. With particular ... Read more

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  • Psychiatry Disrupted

    Theorizing Resistance and Crafting the (R)evolution

    There is growing international resistance to the oppressiveness of psychiatry. While previous studies have critiqued psychiatry, Psychiatry Disrupted goes beyond theorizing what is wrong with it to theorizing how we might stop it.Introducing readers to the arguments and rationale for opposing psychiatry, the book combines perspectives from anti-psychiatry and critical psychiatry activism, mad ... Read more

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  • Benign Bigotry

    The Psychology of Subtle Prejudice

    While overt prejudice is now much less prevalent than in decades past, subtle prejudice - prejudice that is inconspicuous, indirect, and often unconscious - continues to pervade our society. Laws do not protect against subtle prejudice and, because of its covert nature, it is difficult to observe and frequently goes undetected by both perpetrator and victim. Benign Bigotry uses a fresh format to ... Read more

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  • Madness, Violence, and Power

    A Critical Collection

    Madness, Violence, and Power: A Critical Collection disengages from the common forms of discussion about violence related to mental health service users and survivors which position those users or survivors as more likely to enact violence or become victims of violence. Instead, this book seeks to broaden understandings of violence manifest in the lives of mental health service users/survivors, ... Read more

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  • Disability Incarcerated

    Imprisonment and Disability in the United States and Canada

    Edited by L. Ben-Moshe, C. Chapman, A. Carey ...
    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    Disability Incarcerated gathers thirteen contributions from an impressive array of fields. Taken together, these essays assert that a complex understanding of disability is crucial to an understanding of incarceration, and that we must expand what has come to be called 'incarceration.' The chapters in this book examine a host of sites, such as prisons, institutions for people with developmental ... Read more

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  • Understanding Deviance

    Connecting Classical and Contemporary Perspectives

    Series series Sociology Re-Wired
    In this collection of 48 reprinted and completely original articles, Tammy Anderson gives her fellow instructors of undergraduate deviance a refreshing way to energize and revitalize their courses. [36 are reprints; 12 are original to this text/anthology]First, in 12 separate sections, she presents a wide range of deviant behaviors, traits, and conditions including: underage drinking and drunk ... Read more

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  • TV (The Book)

    Two Experts Pick the Greatest American Shows of All Time

    Is The Wire better than Breaking Bad? Is Cheers better than Seinfeld? What's the best high school show ever made? Why did Moonlighting really fall apart? Was the Arrested Development Netflix season brilliant or terrible?For twenty years-since they shared a TV column at Tony Soprano's hometown newspaper-critics Alan Sepinwall and Matt Zoller Seitz have been debating these questions and many more, ... Read more

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