Routledge Handbook on Deviance

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.

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

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