Keyword

deviance theory

Description: A sociological and criminological framework explaining how behaviors become defined as deviant and how social responses shape offending.

Primary topic: Crime, Deviance, and Social Control (45%)

OpenAlex ID: keywords/deviance-theory

The Other Side: Perspectives on Deviance.

1965 · Solomon Kobrin, Howard S. Becker · American Sociological Review · 328

Applying Theories of Deviance to Academic Cheating.

1989 · James W. Michaels, Terance D. Miethe · Social Science Quarterly · 269

Certainty of Arrest and Crime Rates: A Further Test of the Deterrence Hypothesis

1974 · C. R. Tittle, A. R. Rowe · Social Forces · 193

Out of the Disability Closet: Strategic use of perception management by select university students with disabilities

2003 · MARJORIE F. OLNEY, KARIN F. BROCKELMAN · Disability & Society · 188

Contemporary Theories of Deviance and Female Delinquency: an Empirical Test

1980 · Ronald L. Simons, Martin G. Miller, et al. · Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency · 124

Positive Deviance in Theory and Practice: A Conceptual Review

2017 · Matthew J. Herington, Elske van de Fliert · Deviant Behavior · 122

Stigma. Notes on the Management of Spoiled Identity

2022 · Anne Waldschmidt · J.B. Metzler eBooks · 116

Harsh Physical Discipline in Childhood and Violence in Later Romantic Involvements: The Mediating Role of Problem Behaviors

2000 · Steven P. Swinford, Alfred DeMaris, et al. · Journal of Marriage and the Family · 106

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Problems in the Sociology of Deviance: Social Definitions and Behavior

1968 · R. L. Akers · Social Forces · 104

Theories of Deviance and the Self-Concept

1978 · L. Edward Wells · Social Psychology · 100

Anomie and Deviant Behavior: A Discussion and Critique.

1965 · David J. Bordua, Marshall B. Clinard · American Sociological Review · 97

Disability Studies: The Old and the New

2000 · Tanya Titchkosky · The Canadian Journal of Sociology · 96

Social Class and Criminality

1977 · C. R. Tittle, W. J. Villemez · Social Forces · 90

Marx and Engels on law, crime and morality

1972 · Paul Q. Hirst · Economy and Society · 86

Saints and Sinners: Elite Tattoo Collectors and Tattooists as Positive and Negative Deviants

2003 · Katherine Irwin · Sociological Spectrum · 85

Social Deviance

2013 · Leslie T. Wilkins · Routledge eBooks · 82

Social Learning Theory and Nonmedical Prescription Drug Use Among Adolescents

2008 · Jason A. Ford · Sociological Spectrum · 78

Rethinking Crime and Deviance Theory: The Emergence of a Structuring Tradition.

1985 · Mark Colvin, Francis T. Cullen · Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews · 78

Positive deviance: A viable concept?

1991 · Erich Goode · Deviant Behavior · 71

Routledge Handbook of Deviant Behavior

2012 · Routledge eBooks · 64

Sex and Deviance: an Assessment of Major Sociological Variables

1979 · Douglas A. Smith · Sociological Quarterly · 58

The Coming Out Experience for Bisexuals

2006 · Heather Marie Knous · Journal of Bisexuality · 48

Is the sociology of deviance still relevant?

2004 · Erich Goode · The American Sociologist · 42

Long-Term Social-Psychological Influences on Deviant Attitudes and Criminal Behavior

1995 · Alan W. Stacy, Michael D. Newcomb · Springer eBooks · 40

Deviance and social control in sport

2009 · Choice Reviews Online · 39

Works count: 434

Citation count: 3,934