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Title: Deviant Behavior (6th Edition) by Alex Thio ISBN: 0-321-05031-2 Publisher: Pearson Allyn & Bacon Pub. Date: 12 July, 2000 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $75.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 5 (1 review)
Rating: 5
Summary: Thio's Ideas Stand Test of Time
Comment: I had this book assigned to me to fulfill the requirements of a college level course about 20 years ago. I thought it would be about people we would tend to instantly label "socially deviant". I was wrong--the book changed my way of thinking about the way we label others, how "deviant" the acts of people in socially responsible positions can be, and the effect our tolerance of this behavior can have upon our world as a whole.
This is high praise, and well deserved. The only downside (as some may see it) is that, after digesting the book, one is forced to look at the circumstances in one's own life where a choice may be made to act against what, at some level, is known to be "best behavior". Yes, we can each be quite capable of deviant behaviors. When we stop limiting our perceptions regarding just what "deviant behavior" is, the better we understand that attending to our own ethical standards with diligence and awareness can address some of the "deviance problems" our society suffers most from--those that emerge not from any "underclass", but from the ranks of the so-called middle and upperclasses. They can be the breeding ground for some of the most pervasive and insidious problems afflicting society as a whole, and the hardest to control. The suffering brought on by "white collar" or corporate criminality/negligence is as great as acts deemed to be more obviously abnormal, and every bit as real. But many know nothing of this, because, as Thio states, who is watching the watchdogs? And those who know, often for many reasons fail to act. Thio roots out a true human dilemma, and challenges us to examine it.
This book was so memorable that I have quoted its premise frequently in business and other contexts, and here I am --searching to see if it is still available. I am glad it is.
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Title: Readings in Deviant Behavior, Third Edition by Alex Thio, Thomas C. Calhoun ISBN: 0205389155 Publisher: Pearson Allyn & Bacon Pub. Date: 18 July, 2003 List Price(USD): $50.00 |
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Title: Sociology of Deviant Behavior by Robert Meier, Marshall Barron Clinard, Robert F. Meier ISBN: 0155065696 Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing Pub. Date: 17 November, 2000 List Price(USD): $93.95 |
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Title: Renegade Kids, Suburban Outlaws: From Youth Culture to Delinquency by Randy Blazak, Wayne S. Wooden ISBN: 053452754X Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing Pub. Date: 26 July, 2000 List Price(USD): $38.95 |
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Title: Social Deviance: Readings in Theory and Research (4th Edition) by Henry N. Pontell ISBN: 0130407747 Publisher: Prentice Hall Pub. Date: 19 November, 2001 List Price(USD): $52.00 |
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Title: The Psychologist as Expert Witness by Theodore H. Blau ISBN: 0471178705 Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Pub. Date: 15 September, 1998 List Price(USD): $175.00 |
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