This book is for the student in the introductory course on deviant be havior and in related courses. A wide range of ideas and facts is set forth in a way that should be comprehensible to the student without prior knowledge of this area of study. In Chapter 1, "The Nature of Deviance," various ways of defining deviance are explored and one is settled upon: Deviance is behavior that is unusual, not typical, in a society or group. Chapter 2 is devoted to a preliminary consideration of several main currents of social thought that seek to explain why deviance comes about and is perpetrated. These explanations fall into four broad theo retical categories. First, there are those theories that view the major sources of deviance as having to do with the extent to which individ uals are bound into or dissociated from the group; these are termed social integration theories. Second, there are the cultural support the ories, which specify that there are subcultures of deviance, that is, bod ies of customs and values that advocate a given form of deviance and are socially transmitted from one person to another through the learn ing process. Third, there are social disorganization and conflict theo ries, which focus on the ways in which a lack of group organization and the presence of broad social and cultural conflicts bring about de viance.

Deviant Behavior: Patterns, Sources, and Control

Politics & Social Sciences

Palmer, Stuart

Philosophy

Springer

Understanding Other People

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Psychology & Counseling

Fawcett Books

Miss Hildegarde Withers takes a vacation trip on the S.S. American Diplomat, but she is soon put to work solving the disappearance of a young heiress and the systematic murders of her table companions

The Puzzle of the Silver Persian

Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

Mystery

Bantam]

Hired as a technical advisor for a Hollywood film, Miss Hildegarde Withers is determined to find out who murdered Stafford, one of the movie's screenwriters

The Puzzle of the Happy Hooligan

Hildegarde Withers discovers the body of Violet Feverel, a fashion model, along the Central Park bridle path and realizes that it is not a riding accident, but murder

Puzzle of the Red Stallion

A trip to the New York Aquarium leads spinster sleuth Hildegarde Withers into an investigation into the murder of Wall Street broker Gerald Lester, whose body is found floating in the pool of the Galapagos penguins

PENGUIN POOL MURDER (A Hildegarde Withers Mystery)

The bumbling teacher Miss Withers stumbles on a corpse and takes the investigation into her own hands.

MURDER on the BLACKBOARD - A Hildegarde Withers Mystery

Glass is a brittle and transparent canvas for the artist, which must be understood and responded to correctly for the most beautiful and enduring designs to be completed. Stuart and Shirley Palmer, as two of the world's top engravers, understand glass, and have put together a volume on its structure and properties, which is an indispensable design manual for the engraver.

Glass Engraving: Drill Techniques

Arts & Photography

Palmer, Shirley

History & Criticism

B.T.BATSFORD LTD

The author's aim is to write for students, parents, concerned citizens and academics in a way that will help all to cope constructively with the current crisis in American higher education. If the adversarial relationship between the academy and the larger society continues, great harm will result to all. This book offers a balanced view of the problems of American universities, stressing the ways in which educators have made mistakes in recent decades and made contributions as well. The emphasis is on the interplay between scholarship and politics both on and off the campus. The author then suggests constructive remedies for change.

The Universities Today: Scholarship, Self-Interest, and Politics

University Press of America

School teacher Hildegarde Withers and her policeman boyfriend Oscar Piper go to a bullfight in Mexico and end up in the middle of a murder. First published in 1937.

The Puzzle Of The Blue Banderilla

Rue Morgue

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