<p>This versatile text covers the full range of socially deviant behavior. This book is appropriate for courses in the sociology of deviance, or as a supplement to core texts in Criminal Justice, Urban Studies, Sociology, and Social Work. The book analyzes sexual deviance and its impact on women and children and shows how both government and the private sector perpetuate certain forms of deviance. The approach is critical. The language is non-sexist. And the focus is clearly on social control. An opening chapter traces the history of social control. And each applied chapter offers a brief historical vignette.</p>

Social Control of Deviance: A Critical Perspective

Politics & Social Sciences

Davis, Nanette J.

Stasz, Clarice

Social Sciences

McGraw=Hill

Youth Crisis: Growing Up in the High-Risk Society

What is the social condition of youth in modern society? This is the question taken up by this passionate and substantive book. The author argues that youth are at a crisis state. The crisis has been brought about by the general state of social crisis; violence, questions of political legitimacy, educational decline; as well as the decline of compassion as a core principle of culture. The author draws on a variety of trends and scholarly research to examine the problems of growing up in a high risk society and offers pathways to spiritual renewal and cultural renewal, esential for salvaging the next generation.The study takes on the youth crisis as a compelling public issue, exploring various manifestations of the crisis; endangered youth, gang participation, youth addictions, unworkable schools, violence in the home and on the streets, homelessness, and the near genocidal conditions that plague African American and urban youth. Students, educators, and policy makers, as well as anyone interested in the plight of youth and the steps necessary to successfully overcome the crisis will find this book invaluable and memorable.

Praeger

This work provides the first broadly based documentation and analysis of the evolution of abortion from criminal act to personal choice. The author places the abortion question in the wider context of change in the social realm and in law, politics, economics, and medical practice. Dealing with the confrontation between pro-life and pro-choice groups, Davis analyzes feminist interpretations of abortion reform and discusses efforts to create a human-centered procedure that will benefit women themselves rather than doctors or clinic managers. Other important issues covered include the historical inconsistency of abortion laws and their enforcement; social and institutional support systems before and after legalization; social policy and abortion; the effects of legalized abortion on women's kinship ties; the Equal Rights Amdendment; and biological politics.

From Crime to Choice: The Transformation of Abortion in America (Contributions in Women's Studies)

Scholars from around the world have contributed to the first major reference book to be published on female prostitution as an international phenomenon. Experts survey and analyze the historical background, current problems and policies, and future possible directions in 16 representative countries. The volume belongs in college, university, and institutional libraries and collections dealing with social problems, women's studies, international relations, and world history.The volume opens with a lengthy introduction by the editor, Nanette Davis, defining the situation in general, pointing to current trends and future concerns. Country chapters, primarily by native writers, include: Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, England and Wales, Germany, Italy, Japan, Norway, Portugal, Singapore, Taiwan, United States, Vietnam, and the former Yugoslavia. Each chapter provides references, and the index makes the volume easily accessible to researchers in various disciplines.

Prostitution: An International Handbook on Trends, Problems, and Policies (Series in Clinical and Community)

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Psychology & Counseling

Greenwood

Sociological constructions of deviance: Perspectives and issues in the field (Principal themes in sociology)

W.C. Brown Co

Social Control: The Production of Deviance in the Modern State

Irvington Pub.

Women and Deviance: Issues in Social Conflict and Change: An Annotated Bibliography (Routledge Library Editions: Women and Crime)

This book, first published in 1984, is a selective, annotated bibliography on women and deviance that includes historical, cross cultural, sociological, psychological, political, legal, philosophical, and social policy perspectives. This title is concerned with the origins, change, conflict, and consequences of deviant behaviour and "women’s adaptation to their changing roles." It encompasses monographs, journal articles, books, and government documents in English. This title will be of particular interest to students of sociology and criminology.

Keith, Jone M.

Teen & Young Adult

Routledge

<p>Drawing its title from Psalm 41 - "Blessed is she who has regard for the weak; the Lord delivers her in times of trouble" - Blessed is She delves into the lives of more than 60 women caring for elderly loved ones. You'll share in their stories... their triumphs and challenges, their loves and their losses. Profoundly insightful and deeply moving, Blessed is She belongs on the shelf of everyone who looks after and cherishes the oldest among us.</p>

Blessed Is She: Elder Care: Women's Stories of Choice, Challenge and Commitment

Religion & Spirituality

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