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HM811-821 Deviant behavior. Social deviance
HV6001-7220.5 Criminology
HV7428 Social work with delinquents and criminals
HV9051-9230.7 The juvenile offender. Juvenile delinquency.
Featured Books on Social Deviance
Deviance Today
by
Thomas C. Calhoun; Addrain Conyers; Alex C. Thio
Call Number: HM811 .T458
Explores contemporary trends in the study of deviance such as the emphasis on the constructionist perspective and the greater use of ethnography.
Goths, Gamers, and Grrrls: Deviance and Youth Subcultures
by
Ross Haenfler
Call Number: HM646 .H34 2016
Introduces students to the sociological study of deviance, equipping them with the theoretical tools necessary to analyze various youth subcultures - and virtually any subculture - in new and fascinating ways.
Sociology of Deviant Behavior
by
Robert F. Meier; Marshall B. Clinard
Call Number: HM811 .C58 2016
This text hits the hot topics-- from terrorism to white-collar crime-- and shows you how sociological theory explains them.
Encyclopedia of Social Deviance
by
Craig J. Forsyth (Editor); Heith Copes (Editor)
Call Number: REF HM811 .E53
Drawing contributions from across the social and behavioral sciences, this reference work introduces students to this lively field of rule-making and rebellion that strikes at the core of what it means to be an individual living in a social world.
Database covering information in all areas of sociology, including social behavior, human tendencies, interaction, relationships, community development, culture and social structure.
Provides abstracts and citations to the scholarly literature in the psychological, social, behavioral, and health sciences. The database includes material of relevance to psychologists and professionals in related fields such as psychiatry, management, business, education, social science, neuroscience, law, medicine, and social work.
Index, abstracts, and full text covering topics such as emotional and behavioral characteristics, psychiatry and psychology, mental processes, anthropology, and observational and experimental methods.
Contains records selected from the most important sources related to criminal justice and criminology. Many of the full-text magazines and journals are peer-reviewed.
Open online introductory sociology text from OpenStax; this chapter covers deviance and control, theoretical perspectives on deviance and crime, and crime and the law.
Introduction to deviance with follow-up sections covering social control,
theories of crime and deviance, different perspectives on deviance, and crime.