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Principles of Sociology: Societal Issues & Behavior

Table of Contents

Contents




Publisher’s Note




Introduction




Contributors




Deviance & Social Control




Biological & Psychological Theories of Deviance




Conflict Theory & Deviance




Control Theory of Deviance




Correctional Theories




Court System




Crime Theory: Organized Crime




Criminal Recidivism




Defining Deviance




Deterrence Theory




Deviance and Gender




Differential Association Theory




Durkheim & the Normalization of Deviance




Gang Membership




Informal and Formal Social Control




Juvenile Crime in the U.S.




Labeling Theory




Media and Crime




Medicalization of Deviance




Militarization of Police




Overview of Hate Crimes




Police




Preventing Deviance by Amending Inequality




Preventing Deviance by Strengthening Social Bonds




Prison System




Race, Ethnicity, and Law Enforcement




Rational Choice Theory




Rational Control Theory




Re-Entering Society from Prison




Sex Differences in Crime




Social Disorganization Theory




Sociology of Addiction




Subcultural Theories of Deviance




Victim Blaming




Victimless Crime




Vigilantism




Violent Crime in the U.S.




White Collar Crime




Race & Ethnicity




Adorno’s Authoritarian Personality




Assimilation




Cultural Prejudice & Discrimination




Ending Racism & Discrimination in the United States




Ethnocentrism & Racism




Genocide




Institutional Prejudice




Interminority Racism




Intersectionality




Prejudice Theory: Bogardus & the Social Distance Scale




Prejudice Theory: Realistic Conflict Theory




Prejudice Theory: Scapegoat Theory




Race, Ethnicity & Income Inequality




Racial Profiling




Segregation




Society & Technology




The Digital Divide




Digital Sociology




The Internet & Society




Jacques Ellul’s The Technological Society




Knowledge-Based Economy




Posthumanism




Social Aspects of Technology in Education




Social Impacts of Cyber Crime




Social Impacts of Wireless Communication




Social Media and News Reporting




Social Media and Self-Worth




The Technological Revolution




Technology & Medicine




Technology & Societal Development




Technology & Surveillance




Technology & the Judicial System




Technology & the Mass Media




Weapons of Mass Destruction




Sociology of Health & Medicine




Anti-Vaccination Movement




Body Image and the Media




Body Work in Contemporary Society




Child Obesity




Doctor-patient Communication




Holistic Medicine




Legal & Ethical Issues of Life & Death




Long-term & Institutional Care




Medicalization




Mental Health & E-Therapy




Public Health Issues




Religion & Health




Substance Abuse Prevention & Education




Youth Suicide




Sex, Gender & Sexuality




Attraction & Love




Contemporary Theories of Sexual Orientation




Cross-Cultural Perspectives on Gender




Cross-Cultural Perspectives on Sexual Orientation




Feminist Theories of Gender Inequality




Gender and Domestic Responsibilities




Gender and Economic Inequality




Gender and Sexual Orientation in the Workplace




Gender Differences: Biology and Culture




Gender in the Classroom




Gender Issues in Physical Education




Heteronormativity




Homophobia




Kinsey Report




Political Inequality




Polyamory




Pornography




Sex Addiction Disorders




Sex, Gender & Sexuality: Sexually Transmitted Infections




Sexual Assault and Rape




Sexual Development Across the Lifespan




Sexual Harassment




Sexual Orientation and Youth




Sexual Orientation in the United States




Sexuality and the Media




Sociology of Contraception




Sociology of Prostitution




Structural Functionalist Theories of Gender Inequality




Teen Pregnancy