DEVIANT BEHAVIOR AND SOCIAL CONTROL

• NCJ Number: 18266
• Author(s): S K WEINBERG
• Date Published: 1974
• Length: 86 pages
• Sale Source: William C Brown Co
• Publication Type: Report (Study/Research)
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

AN EXAMINATION OF THE SOCIAL PROCESSES AND FACTORS WHICH CONTRIBUTE TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF DEVIANT BEHAVIOR, OF THE IMPACT OF PREDATORY AND NONPREDATORY DEVIANTS ON SOCIETY, AND OF THE WAYS SOCIETY DEFINES AND CONTROLS DEVIANCY.

Abstract

TO EXPLAIN THE PROCESSES, IMPACT AND CONTROL OF DEVIANCY, THE AUTHOR DISCUSSES IN DETAIL FIVE FORMS OF DEVIANCE. THESE ARE: 1) THE DELINQUENT; 2) THE DRUG ADDICT: 3) THE HOMOSEXUAL; 4) THE MENTALLY ILL; AND 5) SUICIDES. A GLOSSARY OF TERMS USED IS PROVIDED.