AGE OF CRISIS - DEVIANCE, DISORGANIZATION AND SOCIETAL PROBLEMS

• NCJ Number: 18636
• Author(s): A M MIRANDE
• Date Published: 1975
• Length: 512 pages
• Sale Source: Harper and Row
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

EXAMINES SOCIAL DYSFUNCTIONING THROUGH AN ANALYSIS OF SOCIAL PROBLEMS, DEVIANT BEHAVIOR, AND SOCIAL DISORGANIZATION.

Abstract

THE POPULATION EXPLOSION, POVERTY, RACIAL AND ETHNIC PROBLEMS, AND MASS SOCIETY AND ALIENATION ARE DISCUSSED AS SOCIAL PROBLEMS. ALTERNATIVE SOLUTIONS ARE EXPLORED. FORMS OF BEHAVIOR THAT DEPART FROM THE NORMS OF THE DOMINANT SOCIAL CONTROL GROUPS ARE PRESENTED UNDER THE HEADINGS OF JUVENILE DELINQUENCY, CRIME, DRUGS, AND SEXUAL DEVIANCE. SOCIAL DISORGANIZATION IS VIEWED UNDER THE SUBJECTS OF FAMILY, EDUCATION, AND RELIGION. ALTERNATIVES FOR BRINGING NEW ORDERS OUT OF DISINTEGRATION ARE CONSIDERED.