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Principles of sociology : societal issues & behavior /

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Provides more than 100 essays that offer valuable information and ideas about deviance and social control, race and ethnicity, social issues and public policy, society and technology, sociology of health and medicine, and sex, gender and sexuality.

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Ortiz-Hartman, Kimberly (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Ipswich, MA : Amenia, NY : EBSCO Information Services, Incorporated ; Grey House Publishing, [2018]
Edition:First edition.
Series:Principles of.
Subjects:
Social problems.
Social interaction.
Sociology.
Social psychology.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Publisher's Note
  • Introduction
  • Contributors .
  • Deviance and Social Control
  • Biological and Psychological Theories of Deviance
  • Conflict Theory and Deviance
  • Control Theory of Deviance
  • Correctional Theories
  • Court System
  • Crime Theory: Organized Crime
  • Criminal Recidivism
  • Defining Deviance
  • Deterrence Theory
  • Deviance and Gender
  • Differential Association Theory
  • Durkheim and the Normalization of Deviance
  • Gang Membership
  • Informal and Formal Social Control
  • Juvenile Crime in the U.S.
  • Labeling Theory
  • Media and Crime
  • Medicalization of Deviance
  • Militarization of Police
  • Overview of Hate Crimes
  • Police
  • Preventing Deviance by Amending Inequality
  • Preventing Deviance by Strengthening Social Bonds
  • Prison System
  • Race, Ethnicity, and Law Enforcement
  • Rational Choice Theory
  • Rational Control Theory
  • Re-Entering Society from Prison
  • Sex Differences in Crime
  • Social Disorganization Theory
  • Sociology of Addiction
  • Subcultural Theories of Deviance
  • Victim Blaming
  • Victimless Crime
  • Vigilantism
  • Violent Crime in the U.S.
  • White Collar Crime
  • Race and Ethnicity
  • Adorno's Authoritarian Personality
  • Assimilation
  • Cultural Prejudice and Discrimination
  • Ending Racism and Discrimination in the United States
  • Ethnocentrism and Racism
  • Genocide
  • Institutional Prejudice
  • Interminority Racism
  • Intersectionality
  • Prejudice Theory: Bogardus and the Social Distance Scale
  • Prejudice Theory: Realistic Conflict Theory
  • Prejudice Theory: Scapegoat Theory
  • Race, Ethnicity and Income Inequality
  • Racial Profiling.
  • Segregation
  • Society and Technology
  • The Digital Divide
  • Digital Sociology
  • The Internet and Society
  • Jacques Ellul's The Technological Society
  • Knowledge-Based Economy
  • Posthumanism
  • Social Aspects of Technology in Education
  • Social Impacts of Cyber Crime
  • Social Impacts of Wireless Communication
  • Social Media and News Reporting
  • Social Media and Self-Worth
  • The Technological Revolution
  • Technology and Medicine
  • Technology and Societal Development
  • Technology and Surveillance
  • Technology and the Judicial System
  • Technology and the Mass Media
  • Weapons of Mass Destruction
  • Sociology of Health and Medicine
  • Anti-Vaccination Movement
  • Body Image and the Media
  • Body Work in Contemporary Society
  • Child Obesity
  • Doctor-patient Communication
  • Holistic Medicine
  • Legal and Ethical Issues of Life and Death
  • Long-term and Institutional Care
  • Medicalization
  • Mental Health and E-Therapy
  • Public Health Issues
  • Religion and Health
  • Substance Abuse Prevention and Education
  • Youth Suicide
  • Sex, Gender and Sexuality
  • Attraction and Love
  • Contemporary Theories of Sexual Orientation
  • Cross-Cultural Perspectives on Gender
  • Cross-Cultural Perspectives on Sexual Orientation
  • Feminist Theories of Gender Inequality
  • Gender and Domestic Responsibilities
  • Gender and Economic Inequality
  • Gender and Sexual Orientation in the Workplace
  • Gender Differences: Biology and Culture
  • Gender in the Classroom
  • Gender Issues in Physical Education
  • Heteronormativity - Homophobia.
  • Kinsey Report
  • Political Inequality
  • Polyamory
  • Pornography
  • Sex Addiction Disorders
  • Sex, Gender and Sexuality: Sexually Transmitted Infections
  • Sexual Assault and Rape
  • Sexual Development Across the Lifespan
  • Sexual Harassment
  • Sexual Orientation and Youth
  • Sexual Orientation in the United States
  • Sexuality and the Media
  • Sociology of Contraception
  • Sociology of Prostitution
  • Structural Functionalist Theories of Gender Inequality
  • Teen Pregnancy
  • Index.