Deviance, Crime, and Control Beyond the Straight and Narrow - Softcover

Lorne Tepperman

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0195447433 ISBN 13: 9780195447439

Publisher: Oxford University Press, 2013

Synopsis

With thorough coverage of historical developments, major theories, and contemporary concerns, Deviance, Crime, and Control uses a broad theoretical approach to explore the main theories of deviance, conformity, and social control and the specific types of behaviours that are considered deviant, focusing on appearance, sexuality, mental illness, substance abuse, adolescent risk-taking, street crime, terrorism, corporate theft, and religious and political fanaticism.

About this title

About the Author

Lorne Tepperman is a professor in the Sociology Department at the University of Toronto. Lorne received the Outstanding Contribution Award from the Canadian Sociology Association in 2003. He is the author or editor of numerous OUP publications, including Sociology: A Canadian Perspective (2012), The Sense of Sociability: How People Overcome the Forces Pulling them Apart (2011), Social Problems: A Canadian Perspective, 3e (2011), Starting Points: A Sociological Journey (2011), and Principles of Sociology: Canadian Perspectives, 2e (2009). Alex Tepperman is a doctoral student in the History Department at the University of Florida where he is also pursuing a Certificate in Social Science Methodology. He has advanced degrees in history from the University of Rochester and Criminology from the University of Toronto. Alex also served as a researcher, editor, and contributor to the previous two editions of Deviance, Crime, and Control.

Edition details

• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Publication date: 2013
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0195447433
• ISBN 13: 9780195447439
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 3
• Number of pages: 443