Social problems may fruitfully be looked at as constructed phenomena, that is, what
constitutes a problem is the concern that segments of the public feel about a given condition …

The spread in the use of marihuana and other illicit drugs in the popula tion represents one
of the most striking and best documented instances of social change during the last decade …

Packed with new examples and material, this second edition provides a fully up-to-date
exploration of the genesis, dynamics, and demise of moral panics and their impacts on the …

The social learning theory of crime integrates Edwin H. Sutherland's diff erential association
theory with behavioral learning theory. It is a widely accepted and applied approaches to …

This classic text on the nature of deviance, originally published in 1980, is now reissued with
a new Afterword by the authors. In this new edition of their award-winning book, Conrad and …

A sociocultural approach is used to explore voluntary high-risk consumption. Specifically, we
examine the dynamics of individuals' motives, risk perceptions, and benefit/cost outcomes of …

Presents an analysis and a reassessment of the scope, depth, and implications of female
crime. The entrance of women onto the FBI's list of wanted criminals, stereotypes of women …

Exercise 1. The paradox of crisis Crisis is replete with paradoxes. It has both danger and
opportunity, as well as a need for fast responses—and yet there are no quick fixes. It is …

Two longitudinal surveys based on random samples of high school students in New York
State indicate four stages in the sequence of involvement with drugs: beer or wine, or both; …

SOCIOLOGY OF DEVIANT BEHAVIOR presents a theoretical and empirical overview of the
nature and meaning of deviance, examining in detail a number of forms of behavior …