DEVIANCE - STUDIES IN DEFINITION, MANAGEMENT, AND TREATMENT. 2D ED.

• NCJ Number: 35696
• Author(s): S DINITZ; R R DYNES; A C CLARKE
• Date Published: 1975
• Length: 654 pages
• Sale Source: Oxford University Press, Inc
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

SELECTED ESSAYS DEALING WITH THE CONCEPT OF DEVIANCE WITHIN THE SOCIAL CONTEXT, WITH EMPHASIS ON THE ISSUES CONSIDERED CRITICAL IN CONTEMPORARY SOCIETY.

Abstract

THE CONCEPT OF DEVIANCE IS EXPLORED AND DEFINED, AND CRIMINAL MANIFESTATION OF DEVIATION ARE TREATED IN DEPTH. DEVIANT STATUSES - SUCH AS ALCOHOL AND DRUG ABUSE, SEXUAL ABERRATIONS, AND MENTAL ILLNESS - ARE DISCUSSED. WILLING VICTIMS - SUICIDES - AND VICTIMLESS CRIMES ARE EXAMINED. THE MOST EXTENSIVE CONSIDERATION IS DEVOTED TO ARTICLES DEALING WITH INNOVATIONS IN MANAGEMENT, CONTROL, AND TREATMENT. SPECIFIC AREAS INCLUDE THE RISE AND FALL OF TOTAL INSTITUTIONS, THE MEDICALIZATION OF MANAGEMENT, BEHAVIOR MODIFICATION AS MANAGEMENT AND CONTROL, COMMUNITY BASED TREATMENT, AND THE RIGHTS OF VICTIMS AND THE RIGHTS OF DEVIANTS. EACH SECTION INCLUDES A BILBIOGRAPHY.