The politics of deviance / Anne Hendershott.
The politics of deviance / Anne Hendershott.
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San Francisco, [Calif.] : Encounter Books, c2002.
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N302.542/ 27
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English
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194 p. ; 24 cm.
Contents
1. Medicalizing the Deviance of Drug Abuse -- 2. Removing the Stigma from Mental Illness -- 3. Expanding the Market for Mental Illness -- 4. Moral Panics and the Social Construction of Deviance -- 5. Postmodern Pedophilia -- 6. Stigma and Sexual Orientation -- 7. Celebrating the Sexually Adventurous...
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Publisher
San Francisco, [Calif.] : Encounter Books, c2002.
Place of Publication
California
Date Published
c2002.
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"In The Politics of Deviance, Anne Hendershott, a leading sociologist herself, analyzes social attitudes in areas once considered clear venues of deviance, including substance abuse, teenage promiscuity, suicide and pedophilia. In the past, she notes, a moral consensus governed our attitudes toward these and other questionable behaviors; but today,...
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The politics of deviance / Anne Hendershott.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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c2002.
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N302.542/ 27
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74Vv0377eJVO
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74Vv0377eJVO
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ISBN
1893554473 (alk. paper)
9781893554474 (alk. paper)
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302.542
MMS ID
991015785619702626
