See buying choices for this item to see if it's one of the millions that are eligible for Amazon Prime.

43 used & new from $0.01

Have one to sell? Sell yours here

Deviant Behavior: A Text-Reader in the Sociology of Deviance

I own the rights to this title and would like to make it available again through Amazon.

Tell the Publisher! I�d like to read this book on Kindle Don�t have a Kindle? Get yours here.

Deviant Behavior: A Text-Reader in the Sociology of Deviance (Paperback)

by Delos H. Kelly (Author), Dan Kelly (Author)

4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)

Available from these sellers.

5 new from $0.99 38 used from $0.01

Also Available in:	List Price:	Our Price:	Other Offers:
Paperback (Seventh Edition)		$64.88	63 used & new from $21.83

Customers Who Bought This Item Also Bought

The New Temperance: The American Obsession With Sin and Vice

by David Wagner

5.0 out of 5 stars (1) $39.00

The Social Structure of Right and Wrong, Revised Edition

by Donald Black

$52.95

Stigma: Notes on the Management of Spoiled Identity

by Erving Goffman

4.3 out of 5 stars (13) $11.70

Deviance Across Cultures

by Robert Heiner

5.0 out of 5 stars (1) $44.95

Wayward Puritans: A Study in the Sociology of Deviance (Deviance & Criminology Series)

by Kai T. Erikson

5.0 out of 5 stars (3)

› Explore similar items

Editorial Reviews

Review
"'The various editions of Deviant Behavior have... long been the best deviance readers on the market, going back to the late 1980s. They have the most complete coverage, most logical organization, and the readings are not 'abridged' so heavily that they lose their coherence or complexity.' - Jeffrey Ulmer, Pennsylvania State University, USA. 'The conceptual and theoretical information presented in this reader is unmatched by any I have seen on the market today' - Ryan Schroeder, University of Louisville, USA. 'I use Deviant Behavior because it is the best text I've found that combines classical theories, and studies exploring methodology and findings... The book includes classical and modern thinkers in sociology, and I think students are well-grounded after studying the readings... It is still the best and most accessible text for college students.' - Elizabeth Callaghan, Ithaca College, USA." --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

Product Description

Illustrative introductions and 44 classic and contemporary readings explain theories and current debates.

See all Editorial Reviews

Product Details

Paperback: 656 pages
Publisher: Worth Publishers; Fifth Edition edition (August 15, 1995)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0312119410
ISBN-13: 978-0312119416
Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 5.8 x 1 inches
Shipping Weight: 1.8 pounds

Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)

Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,994,352 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

Would you like to update product info or give feedback on images?

Citations (learn more)

1 book cites this book:

The Deviant Mystique: Involvements, Realities, and Regulation by Robert Prus in Back Matter

What Do Customers Ultimately Buy After Viewing This Item?

	94% buy the item featured on this page: Deviant Behavior: A Text-Reader in the Sociology of Deviance 4.0 out of 5 stars (2)
	4% buy Stigma: Notes on the Management of Spoiled Identity 4.3 out of 5 stars (13) $11.70
	3% buy Wayward Puritans: A Study in the Sociology of Deviance (Deviance & Criminology Series) 5.0 out of 5 stars (3)

Explore similar items

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).

deviance(2)

textbook(2)

spanish textbook(1)

clinard(1)

criminology and deviance(1)

sociological theory and deviance(1)

Help others find this product — tag it for Amazon search

No one has tagged this product for Amazon search yet. Why not be the first to suggest a search for which it should appear?

Sell a Digital Version of This Book in the Kindle Store

If you are a publisher or author and hold the digital rights to a book, you can sell a digital version of it in our Kindle Store. Learn more

Customer Reviews

2 Reviews

5 star:		(0)
4 star:		(2)
3 star:		(0)
2 star:		(0)
1 star:		(0)

Average Customer Review

4.0 out of 5 stars (2 customer reviews)

Share your thoughts with other customers:

Create your own review

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

7 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars I like this book, November 2, 1998

By A Customer

This book has helped me as a young college student, to explore different life cases of people in deviant lifestyles. I usethis book as required text in a "deviant behavior" class. I found a lot of stories. There are a lot of interesting topics, it is a good discussion starter.

Comment Comment | Permalink | Was this review helpful to you? Yes No (Report this)

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A good reader, but it's not a text-reader, January 9, 2007

By	Pennsylvania Reader - See all my reviews

This review is from: Deviant Behavior: A Text-Reader in the Sociology of Deviance (Paperback)

A preface: all of my reviews of textbooks are written from my perspective as an instructor and written for other instructors. Why? These are the people for whom the review will be useful. I can not imagine that many people will buy textbooks when not required to and if you are a student, you buy the book your instructor ordered; the review doesn't matter. So: as someone who teaches sociology of deviance and social control four or so sections per year, I am disappointed with this book. It's a good collection of classic and contemporary articles in deviance theory and research. The student in the first review says that it focuses on "deviant lifestyles," but fortunately, that is not the case. Instead, the authors take a sociological approach to deviance as a socially constructed, variable social process. Most major theories are represented except differential association and identification, and the social constructionist approach is used but not explained. However, it is not a "text-reader." I would love to use one if it existed, but this does not live up to its title. My students hate to read but need both textbook-style explanation and reader-style research to understand the topic. A true text-reader would be an answer to prayers. The "text" part of this book consists of very brief introductory essays prefacing each chapter. These are similar to the chapter introductions in every other deviance reader, no better or worse and no more substantive than in other books. The format is a problem, too. It is smaller in height and width than most deviance readers, but it contains about the same number of pages, making it thicker and thus bulkier to carry. It's about the size of a large-format paperback novel; it doesn't stay open readily, so it is less convenient to read than the standard course book format. My final gripe about it is that the sources cited for each article are not located with the article but in a separate section in the back of the book. I find that it's hard enough to get students to understand the importance of acknowledging sources even when they have good models to follow; this is not a good model. Good deviance readers are easy to find, and while this one is not bad, I have not reordered it.

Comment Comment | Permalink | Was this review helpful to you? Yes No (Report this)

Share your thoughts with other customers: Create your own review

› See all 2 customer reviews...

.jsOffDisplayBlock { display: block; } .jsOffDisplayInline { display: inline; } .jsOffVisibility { visibility: visible; } .jsOnDisplayBlock { display: none; } .jsOnDisplayNoneBlock { display: block; } .jsOnDisplayNoneInline { display: inline; } .jsOnDisplayInline { display: none; } .jsOnVisibility { visibility: hidden; } .jsOnDisplayBlock { display: none; } .jsOnDisplayInline { display: none; } .jsOnVisibility { visibility: hidden; }

Customer Discussions

Beta (What's this?)

New! See all customer communities, and bookmark your communities to keep track of them.

This product's forum (0 discussions)

	Discussion	Replies	Latest Post
	No discussions yet

Ask questions, Share opinions, Gain insight

Start a new discussion

Topic:

First post:

Receive e-mail when new posts are made

Prompts for sign-in

[Cancel]

Guidelines

Active discussions in related forums

Discussion	Replies	Latest Post
health Obama's health care plan will destroy alternative medicine	344	29 seconds ago
science "The Design of Life"	22	1 minute ago
science Step up and point out the flaws of evolution/science	2437	2 minutes ago
health Is Spanking a lovable or harmful form of disipline?	4040	4 minutes ago
science The TRUTH about evolution.	1506	23 minutes ago
textbook Textbooks for Kindle DX?	34	1 day ago
textbook Does anyone use Discovering Geometry: An Investigative Approach?	3	13 days ago