Deviance, Conformity, and Social Control in Canada, 6th edition

Published by Pearson Canada (July 12, 2021) © 2022

  • Tami M. Bereska MacEwan University

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Title overview

Provides a broad, accessible, and critical introduction to the study of deviance. Unlike other texts on the market, it introduces both objective and subjective theoretical approaches in two early chapters and devotes the remainder of the text to substantive issues of particular interest to students. Each of these issues is then critically assessed and cohesively presented within a broader sociocultural context.

Table of contents

  1. Determining Deviance 
  2. Explaining Deviance: The Act 
  3. Explaining Deviance: The Perception, Reaction, and Power 
  4. Deviance 2.0: The Role of the Media 
  5. “Deviant” and “Normal” Sexuality 
  6. Youth “At Risk” and “As a Risk”
  7. Looking Deviant: Physical Appearance 
  8. Mental Health and Illness
  9. What Do You Believe? Religion, Science, and Deviance
  10. The “Deviance Dance” Continues

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