Relativity of Deviance
Publisher: SAGE Publications, Incorporated
Published: 2019
Language: eng
Number of pages: 408
ISBN-13: 9781544309224
Subjects: Deviant behavior
Description: "The Relativity of Deviance is a primer on the constructivist perspective on deviance--the idea that deviance cannot be explained in terms of absolutes, nor can it be understood apart from its social setting. It explores some of the most frequent contexts for deviant behavior-- sex, violence, theft, drugs, suicide, and mental disorders--in ways that challenges definitive or objective judgments"--