Understanding Deviance A Guide to the Sociology of Crime and Rule-Breaking |
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| Author:
| Downes, David
Rock, Paul |
| ISBN: | 978-0-19-956983-0 |
| Publication Date: | Mar 2011 |
| Publisher: | Oxford University Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | AUD $53.95 |
Book Description:
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Understanding Deviance provides an indispensable guide to the major themes and theories which have come to form the sociology of crime and deviance. It sympathetically outlines the principal theories of crime and rule-breaking, discussing them chronologically, and placing them in their North American and European contexts, confronting major criticisms that have been voiced against them, and constructing defences where appropriate.
Understanding Deviance provides an indispensable guide to the major themes and theories which have come to form the sociology of crime and deviance. It sympathetically outlines the principal theories of crime and rule-breaking, discussing them chronologically, and placing them in their North American and European contexts, confronting major criticisms that have been voiced against them, and constructing defences where appropriate.