Deviance and Identity
| Author | : John Lofland |
| Publisher | : Eliot Werner Publications/Percheron Press |
| Total Pages | : 363 |
| Release | : 2002-12-31 |
| ISBN-10 | : 9798986386126 |
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| Rating | : 4/5 ( Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Deviance and Identity by : John Lofland
Download or read book Deviance and Identity written by John Lofland and published by Eliot Werner Publications/Percheron Press. This book was released on 2002-12-31 with total page 363 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The sociology of deviance was in its heyday when Prentice-Hall published this book in 1969. John Lofland traces the field from pre-World War II to the late sixties and pioneers the application of "grounded theory" to the study of deviant behavior. In his new prologue, Joel Best writes, "More than thirty years after the book first appeared, we have no better synthesis of the labeling approach."
