Shades of Deviance: A Primer on Crime, Deviance and Social Harm

Description

Written in a unique format, Shades of Deviance is a turbo-driven guide to crime and deviance, offering 56 politically engaged, thought-provoking and accessibly written accounts of a wide range of socially and legally prohibited acts. This book will be essential reading for undergraduate students in the fields of criminology and sociology and those preparing to embark on degree courses in these fields, as well as general readers. Written by field-leading experts from across the globe and designed for those who want a clear and exciting introduction to the complex areas of crime and deviance, this book provides a large number of short overviews of a wide range of social problems, harms and criminal acts. Offering a series of cutting-edge and critical treatments of issues such as war and murder, paedophilia, ecocide, human experimentation, stalking and sexting, this book also gives a guide to further readings and suggestions for other media to develop the reader’s understanding of these issues. Shades of Deviance requires readers to critically reconsider their ideas about what is right and wrong, about what is socially harmful and which problems we should focus our attention on. It also provides careful analysis and reasoned explanation of complex issues in a world in which sensationalist headlines, anxiety and fear about crime permeate our lives - read it to be prepared! Cover Half Title Title Page Copyright Page Dedication Table of Contents List of contributors Introduction: shades of deviance, crime and social harm Part I Acts of transgression 1 Jaywalking 2 Prostitution 3 Nudity 4 Begging 5 Cheating 6 Loitering 7 Vandalism 8 Protest 9 Public sex Part II Subcultures and deviating social codes 10 Grassing and informants 11 Vigilantism 12 Subculture 13 Fashion 14 Tattoos 15 Drug dealing 16 Graffiti 17 Arson and fire-starting Part III Technological change and new opportunities for harm 18 Speeding and joy riding 19 Video-gaming 20 ‘Harmless’ weapons and crowd control 21 Hackers and cybercrime 22 Sexting and cyberbullying Part IV Changing social attitudes and perceptions of social problems 23 Drugs 24 Sadomasochism 25 Euthanasia 26 Binge drinking 27 Squatting 28 Smoking 29 ‘Welfare dependency’ Part V Invisible and contested harms 30 Tax avoidance and evasion 31 White-collar crime 32 Paedophilia 33 Police deviance 34 Human experimentation 35 Elder abuse 36 Domestic and family violence 37 Stalking and harassment 38 Pornography Part VI Attacks on social difference: hate and culture 39 Disability 40 Homophobic hate crime 41 Gypsies and travellers 42 Migrants 43 Homelessness 44 Mental health and ‘emotional deviance’ 45 Racism Part VII Global problems of violence and human harm 46 Education as crime 47 Ecocide 48 Gangs 49 Terrorism 50 Corporate crime 51 State violence 52 Environmental crime 53 Violence 54 Homicide and war 55 Violence against women 56 Human trafficking Conclusion: engaging your criminological imagination Index