Deviance

Deviance: The Interactionist Perspective, 10/E Earl Rubington, Northeastern UniversityMartin S. Weinberg, IndianaUniversityISBN-10: 0205503713 This highly successful reader presents the interactionist approach to the study of deviance, examining deviance as a phenomenon that is constituted through social interpretations and the reactions of persons caught up in this social process. There are 9 new readings in the tenth edition of this popular reader: “Fecal Matters” “Discipline in an Urban High School” “Self-Injurers as Loners” “Collegiate Rugby and Subcultural Deviance” “Crack Use on a College Campus” “Modes of Suburban Gay Identity” “Pit Bull Owners and Stigma” “Veterinarians’ Deviance and Neutralization Techniques” “Natural Recovery [from Addiction]” This highly successful reader presents the interactionist approach to the study of deviance, examining deviance as a phenomenon that is constituted through social interpretations and the reactions of persons caught up in this social process. This book focuses on issues such as how individuals interpret and label people, how people relate to one another based on these interpretations, and the consequences of these social processes. This perspective helps students understand both social process in general and the sociology of deviance in particular.