Images of Deviance and Social Control - Softcover

Pfohl, Stephen

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0070497656 ISBN 13: 9780070497658

Verlag: McGraw-Hill Education, 1993

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A very scholarly, upper-level text examining deviance and social control using nine major theoretical perspectives. For each perspective, Pfohl describes the basic theoretical images of deviance, discusses dominant research strategies and social control policies, locates the perspective within a general sociohistorical framework, discusses its status today, and assesses its strengths and weaknesses. While primarily sociological, it spans the concerns of a variety of disciplines (criminology/CJ, anthropology, religion, psychology, medicine, political science), integrating references to literature, film, music, and painting to show parallels between images of deviance produced by scientists and those produced by artists. A pervasive theme is that power relations, which are socially organized, shape a person's perception, definition, and reaction to deviance, thus, the study of deviance and social control is decidedly political. In the Second Edition, in addition to general updating, Pfohl enhances material on race and gender in the hierarchical/patriarchal power structure. He also expands and elaborates upon the critical perspective, devoting the two final chapters to it.

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Book by Pfohl Stephen J

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• Verlag: McGraw-Hill Education
• Erscheinungsdatum: 1993
• ISBN 10: 0070497656
• ISBN 13: 9780070497658
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Auflage: 2
• Anzahl der Seiten: 448