HUMAN DEVIANCE, SOCIAL PROBLEMS, AND SOCIAL CONTROL. 2D ED.

• NCJ Number: 7591
• Author(s): E M LEMERT
• Date Published: 1972
• Length: 277 pages
• Sale Source: Prentice Hall
• Publication Type: Historical Overview
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

COLLECTION OF ARTICLES ON ALCOHOLISM, CHECK FORGERY, AND INDIAN CULTURES THAT ARE DESIGNED TO DEMONSTRATE THE THEORY THAT SOCIAL CONTROL LEADS TO DEVIANT BEHAVIOR.

Abstract

THE AUTHOR ARGUES THAT DEVIANCE IS ESTABLISHED IN SOCIAL ROLES AND IS PERPETUATED BY THE VERY FORCES DIRECTED TO ITS ELIMINATION OR CONTROL. HE COMPARES THIS THEORY WITH MORE TRADITIONAL SOCIOLOGICAL THEORIES ON DEVIANCY, AND THEN PRESENTS CASE STUDIES TO ILLUSTRATE THE USEFULNESS OF HIS THEORY. THESE CASE STUDIES EXAMINE SUBJECTS SUCH AS THE FORMS AND PATHOLOGY OF DRINKING IN POLYNESIAN SOCIETIES, THE BEHAVIOR OF THE SYSTEMATIC CHECK FORGER, AND LEGAL COMMITMENT AND SOCIAL CONTROL.