The Handbook of Deviance is a definitive reference for professionals, researchers, and students that provides a comprehensive and engaging introduction to the sociology of deviance.

Table of Contents

• Contributors
• Introduction - Erich Goode
• Acknowledgments
• Part I Deviance: The Conceptual Foundations
• The Sociology of Deviance: An Introduction - Erich Goode
• Deviance and Social Control - Mathieu Deflem
• Regulating Vice - Jim Leitzel
• Deviant Subcultures and Lifestyles - Craig J. Forsyth
• Positive Deviance - Druann Maria Heckert and Daniel Alex Heckert
• Part II Ongoing Deviance Dynamics
• The Process of Deviantization - Daniel Dotter
• Changing Definitions of Deviance - John Curra
• The Medicalization of Deviance: From Badness to Sickness - Joseph Schneider
• Decriminalization - John Dombrink
• What is Homosexuality Doing in Deviance? - Jeffery P. Dennis
• Part III Studying Deviance
• Quantitative Methods in the Study of Deviance and Crime - Jeff Ackerman
• Studying Deviance: Qualitative Methods - Richard Tewksbury
• Explanatory Paradigms in the Study of Deviance - Robert F. Meier
• Part IV Approaches, Explanations, Factors
• Critical Criminology - Walter S. DeKeseredy
• The Interactionist Approach to Deviance - Addrain Conyers and Thomas C. Calhoun
• Gender and Deviance - Meredith G.F. Worthen and Danielle Dirks
• Deviance and the Mass Media - David L. Altheide
• Part V Individual Deviance
• Juvenile Delinquency: Its Nature, Causes, and Control - Timothy Brezina and Robert Agnew
• Alcohol Use as Deviance - Paul M. Roman
• Drug Use as Deviance - Scott Akins and Clayton J. Mosher
• Sociology and Sexual Deviance - Martin S. Weinberg and Colin J. Williams
• Cognitive Deviance: Unconventional Beliefs - Robin D. Perrin
• Abominations of the Body: Physical Characteristics as Deviance - Erich Goode
• Part VI Institutional Deviance
• Mental Illness as a Form of Deviance: Historical Notes and Contemporary Directions - Peter Conrad and Julia Bandini
• Poverty and Disrepute - David L. Harvey
• Environmental Harm as Deviance and Crime - Avi Brisman
• Organizational Deviance: Where Have We Been and Where Are We Going? - Melanie Bryant
• Marginalizing Migrants: Illegality, Racialization, and Vulnerability - Dean Wilson
• Political Deviance - Pat Lauderdale
• Terrorism and Counterterrorism - Austin T. Turk
• Part VII Deviance Futures
• Deviance and Social Change - Nachman Ben-Yehuda
• What's in Store for the Concept of Deviance?: Reflections, Speculations, Predictions - Erich Goode