"First Free Press paperback edition 1966"--T.p. verso.
Outsiders
and over one million other books are available for Amazon Kindle.
Learn more
| ||||||||||||||||||
Book Description
Frequently Bought Together
Product Details
Would you like to update product info or give feedback on images?
|
Customer Reviews
|
Share your thoughts with other customers:
|
||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Most Helpful Customer Reviews
38 of 41 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Written over 30 years ago, but still relevant today.,
By Kesselring (Utah United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Outsiders (Paperback)
Outsiders is an excellent introduction to the study of deviance, and I would especially recommend it to all sociology undergraduate students.Although written long ago (first copyrighted in 1963) the material is still revlevant to today's social world. Becker begins this work by defining deviance, how others define deviance, and what classifies one as deviant. As a particular case example Becker examines the issue of marihuana users (see the relevance?). He discusses how one becomes a marihuana user, how they learn their techinques, how a user becomes are part of a group, and why a user may become labeled a deviant, i.e. the whole process of going from what is "normal" to being what society has defined as "deviant". Other topics discussed are labeling theory and moral entrepreneurs. The later refers to those people in society who benefit from labeling a group or particular type of behavior as deviant. A very interesting topic, one I think that isn't discussed very often. The only weekness the book has is the case study written on dance musicians which comprises chapters 5 and 6. These chapters discuss people who made their living as dance musicians during the late 1940s and I found it difficult to connect with just because of the time frame. Perhaps other readers will not suffer such a handicap. Bottom line: A great book! A must have for sociology majors or those people who make or influence social policy and laws.
6 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
excellent college paper source,
By
This review is from: Outsiders: Studies In The Sociology Of Deviance (Paperback)
This book may be old, but it still does apply today. This is an excellent source into the understanding of labeling theory that - yes - is stilled used today within American society.
I used this source in a college paper I wrote and found it very 'quotable' on a college level viewpoint. This sociological theory also applies to psycological theories within a psychoanalytic and cognitive approach in counseling.
5 of 81 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars
13,
By A Customer
This review is from: Outsiders (Paperback)
REEFER MADNESS & HOMOPHOBIA ON THE HOOF. I FILED MY COPY IN THE CIRCULAR FILE. DO PEOPLE REALLY THINK LIKE THIS? DID THEY? WOW!
Share your thoughts with other customers: Create your own review
|
|
Inside This Book
(learn more)
First Sentence:
ALL social groups make rules and attempt, at some times and under some circumstances, to enforce them. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
marihuana for pleasure, participation with other users, marihuana use, increasing deviance, sexual psychopath laws, deviant phenomena, commercial musician, interactionist theories, rule enforcers, deviant act, dance musician, interactionist theory, opiate drugs, labelling theory Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, The Free Press of Glencoe, Bureau of Narcotics, Treasury Department, United States, American Sociological Review, University of Chicago Press, Englewood Cliffs, Marihuana Tax Act, New Jersey, Government Printing Office, Harrison Act, Melville Dalton, Social Forces, Irving Louis Horowitz, Donald Roy, John Kitsuse, Men Who Manage, Societal Reaction New!
Books on Related Topics | Concordance | Text Stats Browse Sample Pages:
Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
ALL social groups make rules and attempt, at some times and under some circumstances, to enforce them. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
marihuana for pleasure, participation with other users, marihuana use, increasing deviance, sexual psychopath laws, deviant phenomena, commercial musician, interactionist theories, rule enforcers, deviant act, dance musician, interactionist theory, opiate drugs, labelling theory Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, The Free Press of Glencoe, Bureau of Narcotics, Treasury Department, United States, American Sociological Review, University of Chicago Press, Englewood Cliffs, Marihuana Tax Act, New Jersey, Government Printing Office, Harrison Act, Melville Dalton, Social Forces, Irving Louis Horowitz, Donald Roy, John Kitsuse, Men Who Manage, Societal Reaction New!
Books on Related Topics | Concordance | Text Stats Browse Sample Pages:
Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
Citations (learn more)
This book cites 35
books:
See all 35 books this book cites
- Studies in Ethnomethodology (Social and Political Theory) by Harold Garfinkel on page 209, and page 210
- Careers, Personality, and Adult Socialization by Howard S. Becker on page 24, and page 103
- New York by Allan Tannenbaum on page 9, and page 212
- The Social System by Talcott Parsons on page 7, and page 130
- Delinquency and Opportunity: A Theory of Delinquent Gangs by Richard A. Cloward on page 81, and page 166
See all 35 books this book cites
Books on Related Topics
(learn more)
|
What Other Items Do Customers Buy After Viewing This Item?
Suggested Tags from Similar Products(What's this?)Be the first one to add a relevant tag (keyword that's strongly related to this product).
|
Customer Discussions
|
This product's forum
Active discussions in related forums
Search Customer Discussions
|
Related forums
|
Listmania!
|
|
