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Understanding Deviance: A Guide to the Sociology of Crime and Rule-Breaking 7th Revised edition


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Understanding Deviance: A Guide to the Sociology of Crime and Rule-Breaking 7th Revised edition

Paperback by Downes, David (Emeritus Professor, Emeritus Professor, London School of Economics); Rock, Paul (Emeritus Professor, Emeritus Professor, London School of Economics); McLaughlin, Eugene (Professor of Criminology, Professor of Criminology, City University)

Understanding Deviance: A Guide to the Sociology of Crime and Rule-Breaking

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ISBN:
9780198747345
Publication Date:
24 Mar 2016
Edition/language:
7th Revised edition / English
Publisher:
Oxford University Press
Pages:
424 pages
Format:
Paperback
For delivery:
Estimated despatch 30 Apr 2024
Understanding Deviance: A Guide to the Sociology of Crime and Rule-Breaking

Description

An indispensable guide to the sociological theories behind crime, it outlines the principal theories of crime and rule-breaking, discussing them chronologically. Placing each theory in its European and North American contexts, the authors confront major criticisms that have been voiced against each theory, and construct defences where appropriate. Thoroughly revised and updated in its 7th edition, this is the clearest and most authoritative guide to crime and deviance, written by three leading names in the field.

Contents

1: Theoretical contexts: the changing nature and scope of the sociology of crime and deviance 2: Sources of knowledge about crime and deviance 3: The Chicago school 4: Functionalism: the Durkheimian legacy 5: Anomie and strain theory 6: Culture and subculture 7: Symbolic interactionism 8: Phenomenology 9: Control theories 10: Radical criminology 11: Feminist criminology 12: Victimology 13: Public criminology: theory and policy 14: The metamorphosis of the sociology of crime and deviance

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