Deviance, Conformity, and Social Control in Canada

(NOTE: Each chapter concludes with Chapter Summary, Recommended Readings and Key Terms.) 1. Determining Deviance. Who Is Deviant? How Can We Recognize Deviance When We See It? Studying Deviance. Our Journey Through This Book. 2. Explaining Deviance: The Act. Theorizing Deviance. Why Do People Become Deviant? Using Positivist Theories. 3. Explaining Deviance: The Perception, Reaction, & Power. Non-Positivist Theorizing. Why Are Some Acts Considered Deviant? Using Interpretive & Critical Theories. 4. “Deviant” & “Normal” Sexuality. What Is Deviant Sexuality? The Cultural & Historical Construction of Sexuality. Sexuality & The “Deviance Dance”. 5. The Troubling & Troubled World of Youth. Deviant Youth: “Troubling” Youth. Deviant Youth: “Troubled” Youth. Youth “At Risk”. Aren't All Youth Deviant? 6. Looking Deviant: Physical Appearance. Voluntary & Involuntary Physical Appearance. Weight: “Too Fat”, “Too Thin”, “Ideal”. 7. Mental Disorders Who Has Mental Disorders? The Costs of Mental Illness. Controlling Mental Disorder: Perceptions, Stigmatization, and Treatment. The Deviance Dance: Resisting Stigmatization, Inadequate Care, & Psychiatry Itself. 8. What Do You Believe? Religion & Deviance. Religion as Deviance. Religion as a Social Type of Deviance. 9. Scientific Belief Systems. Religion Compared to Science. Science as Deviance. Science as a Social Type of Deviance. 10. The “Deviance Dance” Continues. The Objective-Subjective Continuum. Social Typing, Social Control, & Powerful Groups. The “Deviance Dance” Continues. Searching for Standards. References. Index.