NCJ Number
2002
Date Published
1969
Length
203 pages
Annotation
THIS WORK AIMS TO INFORM, CLARIFY AND ENLIGHTEN UNDERSTANDING OF CRIMINOLOGY AND DEVIANT BEHAVIOR.
Abstract
IN PART ONE A PERSPECTIVE ON DEVIANT BEHAVIOR IS DEVELOPED, WHICH THE AUTHOR CALLS NATURALISM, AND TRACES THROUGH THREE MAJOR SOCIOLOGICAL VIEWPOINTS - THE CHICAGO SCHOOL, THE FUNCTIONALISTS, AND A CONTEMPORARY NEOCHICAGOAN APPROACH. IN TWO PART THE PROCESS OF BECOMING DEVIANT IS CONSIDERED AND THE MAJOR WAYS IN WHICH IT HAS BEEN CONCEIVED BY OTHERS. CONTENTS - PART I - NATURAL DEVIATION, CORRECTION AND APPRECIATION, PATHOLOGY AND DIVERSITY, SIMPLICITY AND COMPLEXITY. PART TWO AFFINITY, AFFILIATION, SIGNIFICANCE.