Understanding Deviance: A Guide to the Sociology of Crime and Rule Breaking

by David Downes and Paul Rock

Paul Rock

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This text provides an introduction to the principal theories of crime and social deviance in the European and North American context. This third edition has taken into account all of the most significant developments since 1995. The final chapter presents a spirited defence of the deviance perspective against a number of criticisms. It is argued that theories of deviance have an anticipatory as well as an explanatory role to play.
  • ISBN10 0198765339
  • ISBN13 9780198765332
  • Publish Date 1 August 1998 (first published 1 September 1988)
  • Publish Status Active
  • Out of Print 15 May 2003
  • Publish Country GB
  • Imprint Oxford University Press
  • Edition 3rd Revised edition
  • Format Paperback (UK Trade)
  • Pages 438
  • Language English