Deviance and Social Control: A Sociological Perspective
Michelle Inderbitzinprimarily studies prison culture, juvenile justice, and transformative education. She has published papers inPunishment & Society, Journal of Adolescent Research, The Prison Journal, Journal of Offender Rehabilitation, International Journal of Offender Therapy andComparative Criminology,andCriminology & Public Policy, and is currently working on research about prison education, broadly defined. Dr. Inderbitzin earned her PhD in Sociology from the University of Washington and has been a faculty member at Oregon State University since 2001. Along with her on campus classes on crime and deviance, she regularly teaches classes and volunteers in Oregon’s maximum-security prison for men and in state youth correctional facilities. Kristin Batesis Professor of Sociology and Criminology and Justice Studies at California State University San Marcos. Her current research examines the impact of suppression policies such as Civil Gang Injunctions on communities, families, and individuals. She has co-authored several books, including an examination of social justice in the United States using Hurricane Katrina as the case study, deviance and social control, and juvenile delinquency. She earned her PhD in Sociology from the University of Washington in 1998 and has been a faculty member at Cal State San Marcos ever since.Randy Gaineyis Professor of Sociology and Criminal Justice at Old Dominion University. He has coauthored several books focused on family violence, deviance and social control, and policing drug use. His recent research has focused on sentencing, neighborhood organizations as controllers or enablers of deviance, and the use of electronic monitoring with GPS for supervising high risk sex offenders and high risk gang offenders on parole.