Includes bibliographical references and index

Contents: The Concept of deviant behavior: perspectives on deviants -- Who is deviant? -- Theories of criminal deviance: the rational deviant-the classical school -- The Deviant as determined-positivist criminology -- Physical characteristics of deviants- early approaches -- Heredity and mental deficiencies-early approaches -- Physical characteristics revisited -- Personality defects and attributes -- Sociology-trailblazing or backtracking? -- The Rise of social determinism -- Economic influences -- Anomie -- Subcultures of deviance -- control theory -- Why is certain behavior deviant?: The Labeling perspective -- Conflict perspectives -- Once again: what is deviant? -- Interest group conflict and deviance -- Crime as deviant behavior -- Crime in the streets - Against the person: measuring crime -- Murder and aggravated assault -- Forcible rape -- Violent sex and conflict -- Crime in the streets - Against property: robbery -- Burglary -- Motor vehicle theft -- Larceny-theft -- Arson -- Larceny in the American heart -- Assaults against children and spouses: physical abuse of children -- Spouse abuse -- Sexual abuse of children -- Deviance and organizations: employment theft -- Police corruption -- Corporate deviance -- Organized crime -- Deviant behavior in contemporary society: deviant drug use -- Drug use as deviance -- Alcohol -- Heroin -- Marijuana -- Cocaine -- Drug control: the great American flop -- Mental disorders: what is mental disorder? -- Correlates of mental disorder -- Disease or label? -- Conflict and the therapeutic state -- Cyber deviance: The computer underground -- Crime and the internet -- Sexual deviance and cyberspace -- Sexual deviance: prostitution and homosexuality -- An Interview with tony -- Prostitution -- Homosexuality.