Deviant Behavior: United States Edition - Hardcover

Thio, Alex

 
9780205693238: Deviant Behavior: United States Edition
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0205693237 ISBN 13: 9780205693238
Verlag: Pearson, 2009

Inhaltsangabe

This best-selling text offers comprehensive coverage of all aspects of deviance and is noted for its blend of style and substance.

Deviant Behavior covers a wide spectrum of theories of deviance, and analyzes numerous specific deviant behaviors. The author uses an abundance of research data, including many that debunk our common assumptions about deviant behavior. Students are exposed to the full range of theories and data about deviance, and are challenged to think about and evaluate their own biases and preconceptions.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Alex Thio is Professor of Sociology at Ohio University. Born of Chinese parentage in Penang, Malaysia, he grew up in a multicultural environment. He acquired fluency in Mandarin (modern standard Chinese), Malay, and Indonesian. He also picked up a smattering of English and Dutch. He took French and German in high school and college.

Professor Thio attended primary school in Malaysia and high school in Indonesia. He then came to the United States and worked his way through Central Methodist College in Missouri, where he majored in social sciences. Later, he studied sociology as a graduate student at the State University of New York at Buffalo, and he completed his doctorate while working as a research and teaching assistant.

Professor Thio regularly teaches courses in deviance, introductory sociology, social problems, and criminology. In addition to teaching, he enjoys writing. He is the author of the Sociology: A Brief Introduction , Society: Myths and Realities (Penguin Academic), and Deviant Behavior .

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Verlag
Pearson
Erscheinungsdatum
2009
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0205693237
ISBN 13 
9780205693238
Einband
Gebundene Ausgabe
Anzahl der Seiten
460
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