Shades of Deviance by Rowland Atkinson

Shades of Deviance by Rowland Atkinson

Written in a unique format, Shades of Deviance is a turbo-driven guide to crime and deviance, offering 56 politically engaged, thought-provoking and accessibly written accounts of a wide range of socially and legally prohibited acts. This book will be of interest to undergraduate students in the fields of criminology and sociology, as well as the general reader.

"Shades of Deviance never loses its focus, it never shies away from a gritty or contested argument and it never allows the reader to lose interestIt is fast paced, moving and emotional. It is based in the here and now of the social world, without forgetting how we got here."—Darren Woodward, Prison Service Journal

This fascinating new volume compiled by Rowland Atkinson explores many of the central issues raised by "deviant" conduct, and exposes the problematic nature of the project that is criminology. This is a book about boundaries. The boundaries of: behaviour (transgressive, deviant, harmful or criminal); of public perception (the moral, immoral and amoral); and of social reaction (from censure to denial).

This book will be of huge value to students studying within, or on the boundaries between, criminology, criminological psychology, socio-legal studies and the sociology of deviance.

Professor Tim Newburn, London School of Economics, UK

Shades of Deviance crackles with intellectual energy and the sparks of critical analysis. Chapter to chapter, it traverses a remarkable range of crime and deviance, from the most innocent of acts to the most egregious of offenses. Better yet, Shades of Deviance asks an essential question: which is which?

Jeff Ferrell, Texas Christian University, USA, and University of Kent, UK

Shades of Deviance is a strikingly original collection of thought-provoking work by some of the most creative thinkers in criminology. It pushes boundaries, raises provocative questions, and will surely help to shape debates on deviance and social harm for years to come.

Elliott Currie, University of California, Irvine, USA

Shades of Deviance never loses its focus, it never shies away from a gritty or contested argument and it never allows the reader to lose interest. It is fast paced, moving and emotional. It is based in the here and now of the social world, without forgetting how we got here.

— Darren Woodward, Prison Service Journal

Rowland Atkinson is Research Chair in Inclusive Societies at the University of Sheffield UK. He was formerly director of the Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute (University of Tasmania and Flinders University).

Keith Jacobs is Professor of Sociology at the University of Tasmania, Australia. Keith has an extensive track record in housing policy research, with over 60 journal articles, and is the author of The Dynamics of Local Housing Policy and Social Constructionism in Housing Research (edited with Jim Kemeny and Tony Manzi).

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ISBN 13	9780415733236
ISBN 10	0415733235
Title	Shades of Deviance
Author	Rowland Atkinson
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Taylor & Francis Ltd
Year published	2014-03-28
Number of pages	254
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