Deviant behavior: An interactionist approach

by Erich Goode

The author seeks to understand deviance from the major sociological perspectives and theories of deviance by providing a comprehensive, balanced examination of the conceptual foundation of the sociology of deviance. An honest and direct approach is constant throughout the text and imparts a practical knowledge towards real world matters that enables the reader to think clearly about them. The book gives the reader interesting material about real life experiences of deviance from which they can learn and understand the different types of deviant individuals that exist in our society. Helps the reader understand the full range of deviance and emphasizes deviance is not always a motivated behavior whose occurrence needs to be explained. For anyone interested in understanding deviant behavior.

Genres: Nonfiction, Reference, Sociology, Textbooks, Psychology

470 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1978

Reviews

[Micah · Rating 5 out of 5]

Should be required text for all upper high school and college students to read.

[April · Rating 1 out of 5]

This has to be the absolute worst textbook I have ever had to read. It is written as though the author wants to win a fiction novel award. It is a serious struggle to get through the material, as it was not written in the typical text format, and there are no identifiers or emphasizes on important information.

[Jamie Logan · Rating 1 out of 5]

Biased and terribly written. Suck a fat one

[kyky · Rating 4 out of 5]

Still as fun and fresh and full of statistics as I remember.