Routledge Handbook on Deviance: (Routledge International Handbooks)

The Routledge Handbook on Deviance brings together original contributions on deviance, with a focus on new, emerging, and hidden forms of deviant behavior. The editors have curated a comprehensive collection highlighting the relativity of deviance, with chapters exploring the deviant behaviors related to sport, recreation, body modification, chronic health conditions, substance use, religion and cults, political extremism, sexuality, online interaction, mental and emotional disorders, elite societal status, workplace issues, and lifestyle. The selections review competing definitions and orientations and a wide range of theoretical premises while addressing methodological issues involved in the study of deviance. Each section begins with an introduction by the editors, anchoring the topics in relevant theoretical and methodological contexts and identifying common themes as well as divergence. Providing state-of-the-art scholarship on deviance in modern society, this handbook is an invaluable resource for researchers and students engaged in the study of deviance across a range of disciplines including criminology, criminal justice, sociology, anthropology, and interdisciplinary departments, including justice studies, social transformation, and socio-legal studies.

Table of Contents:
I. Defining and Studying Deviance Introduction 1. The Definitions of DeviancePat Lauderdale, Arizona State University 2. Studying DevianceSøren Kristiansen, Aalborg University 3. Bridging Normative and Reactionist Perspectives: An Introduction to Positive DevianceNicole Ann Shoenberger, Penn State, Erie 4. Media Constructions of Athletics: Normalization and DevianceGray Cavender, Arizona State University II. Sport and Deviance Introduction 5. Doping and Deviance: An Interactionist PerspectiveChristophe Brissonneau, Université Paris Descartes 6. Who’s Going to Protect This House?" Domestic and Child Abuse among Professional AthletesKeith Bell, West Liberty University 7. Criminal and Deviant Behaviors Among College Athletes in the United StatesJ. Andrew Hansen, Western Carolina University 8. The Animal-Sport Complex as DevianceKevin Young, University of Calgary 9. A Spot of Sporting Bovver? Deviant Sports FansJohn Williams, University of Leicester III. Leisure and Deviance Introduction 10. The Drag Pit: Cockfighting Rationale and DeclineFrederick Hawley, Western Carolina University 11. Neo-Nazi Music SubcultureSteven Windisch, University of Nebraska Omaha Pete Simi, Chapman University 12. Deviance and the Motorcycle Gangs Andy Bain, University of Mount Union 13. Deviance as Career Opportunities: The Case of Graffiti and SkateboardingGregory Snyder, City University of New York, Baruch College IV. Substance Use Introduction 14. Binge Drinking: Deviant Leisure and Consumer CultureOliver Smith, Plymouth University 15. Cannabis: Past to PresentJames C. McCutcheon, University of Memphis 16. Meth (Mis)UnderstandingsRalph Weisheit, Illinois State University Rashi K. Shukla, University of Central Oklahoma 17. Deviance among Deviants: Reactions to Drug Use among Drug UsersAlbert Kopak, Western Carolina University V. Religion and Cults Introduction 18. Christian Sectarianism, Fundamentalism, and ExtremismJoseph Baker, East Tennessee State University 19. Leaving Home; the Decision to Enter a New Religious MovementNicole A. Shoenberger, Penn State, Erie 20. The Perception of Atheism as DeviantKevin McCaffree, Indiana University-Purdue University, Ft. Wayne VI. Politically Marginalized PopulationsIntroduction 21. Abortion: A Most Common DevianceKatrina Kimport and Lori Freedman, University of California, San Francisco 22. The White Mule in the Room: The Case of Pariah Groups in the Study of DevianceFrederick Hawley, Western Carolina University 23. The Deadbeat Dad: The Stereotype and the RealityCaroline B. Allen, John Paul Wright, and Annelise M. Pietenpol, University of Cincinnati VII. Sexuality Introduction 24. Pimps' Perspectives on Good and Bad Sex Works and Sex ActsLoretta J. Stalans, Loyola University, Chicago Mary Finn, Michigan State University 25. Fat Sexuality as DevianceAriane Prohaska and Jeffrey R. Jones, University of Alabama 26. Zoosexual Identity Talk and the Censoring Narrative R.J. Maratea, Seton Hall University Philip R. Kavanaugh, Penn State, Harrisburg Joshua Tafoya, Youth Research and Resource Center, Inc. VIII. Online Deviance Introduction 27. The Hacker SubcultureThomas Holt and Byung Lee, Michigan State University 28. The Emergence of Sexting Inside and Outside of United States: Research Findings and Legal IssuesCaitlin B. Henriksen, University of Cincinnati Bradford W. Reyns, Weber State University Bonnie S. Fisher, University of Cincinnati Billy Henson, Shippensburg University 29. "But That’s Not Sexting": Accounts From Emerging AdultsDaniel Renfrow, Wells College Kailin E. Kucewicz, Lehigh University Katherine Mouradian, Wells College Valerie R. Schweigert, University of Washington 30. Police Deviance and New Media: The Death of Eric GarnerChristopher Schneider, Brandon University 31. "But is it Really Cheating?" Evolving Expectations of Online Academic DishonestyLisa Briggs, Western Carolina University Ophir Sefiha, Western Carolina University Kyle Burgason, Iowa State University Brynn Smith, Western Carolina University IX. Stigmatizing Health and Body Conditions Introduction 32. Health Related StigmasMaggie B. Stone, Marshall University Ryan Schroeder, University of Louisville 33. If You’re "So OCD," What Does That Make Me?Dana Fennell, University of Southern Mississippi 34. Acting Out at the Medico-Legal Boundary: Conduct Disorder and the Medicalization of Children's Deviant BehaviorDeborah Potter, University of Louisville 35. Obesity and DevianceRoel Pieterman, Erasmus University 36. The Defamed Deranged of Gotham: The Social Construction of Mental Illness as Criminality in Batman ComicsAdam Veitch and Kevin Steinmetz, Kansas State University 37. Body Modifications Frames and ClaimsAlicia Horton, University of the Fraser Valley X. Elite and Workplace Deviance Introduction 38. Deviant Executives: Crime in the SuitesAdam-Ghazi-Tehani, University of Alabama Bryan Burton, Southern Utah University Henry Pontell, John Jay College of Criminal Justice 39. Perspectives on the Psychology of Elite DeviantsMichael Benson, University of Cincinnati 40. Constructing a Demographic Portrait of Deviant DoctorsPaul Jesilow, University of California, Irvine Bryan Burton, Southern Utah University 41. Tyranny of the Minority: How the Repressive Left has Redefined Academic DevianceJohn Paul Wright and Annelise Pietenpal, University of Cincinnati 42. Restaurants and Deviance: Theft in Professional Back PlacesAmanda M. Shigihara, State University of New York Old Westbury Index

About the Author :
Stephen E. Brown is a professor and head of the Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice at Western Carolina University and Professor Emeritus at East Tennessee State University. He earned his Ph.D. at the University of Maryland. His interests are in criminological theory and deviance. His criminological theory book, with Finn Esbensen and the late Gilbert Geis, is currently in its ninth edition. Ophir Sefiha is an assistant professor in the Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice at Western Carolina University. He earned his doctorate in justice studies from Arizona State University. His research centers on the interplay among deviance and social control, media, and crime. He has published articles on topics including sport regulation, media coverage of sport scandals, and performance-enhancing drug use.

Review :
"Deviance, one of the most interesting and vibrant areas of research, is presented richly and persuasively alive in this up to-date, captivating book. In it, an esteemed group of first-rate scholars produce a remarkably broad contemporary and brilliant perspective on the various and intriguing manifestations of deviant behaviors. This is certainly a must-read for anyone interested not only in the study of deviance, but on how deviance affects culture and society." —Nachman Ben-Yehuda, Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Hebrew University