Social control in Canada : a reader on the social construction of deviance

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Social control in Canada : a reader on the social construction of deviance

edited by Bernard Schissel and Linda Mahood

Oxford University Press, 1996

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Includes bibliographical references and index

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内容説明

This book focuses primarily on social control - society's tendency to identify and control the behaviour of certain types of citizens - framed within a social constructionist perspective based on several assumptions. Firstly, the social construction approach argues that the acceptable behavioural norms and appropriate penalties for violations of such norms are difficult to define, making the degree of consensus on what is 'normal' behaviour highly variable. Secondly, we assume that what constitutes deviant behaviour changes over time and across social groups and societies. As a result, the social construction approach is informed largely by historical studies that track changing modes of social control. Thirdly, we assume that laws and norms are not necessarily unchangeable or correct or even shared by the majority. This book is premised on the assumption that nothing is inherently deviant, but that what is regarded as deviant is the result of socio-historical context. The text focuses on five social categories - law, health, sexuality, race, and education - in which it discusses how definitions of unconventionality are formed and how they influence the control of certain categories of people.

目次

  • 1. Introduction to Deviance and Social Control
  • PART I: LAW AND SOCIAL CONTROL
  • 2. Sexual Violence and Social Control
  • 3. The Selective Control of Drugs
  • 4. Youth Misconduct: Deviance and Social Control
  • 5. Punishment and Control of Women in Prisons: The Punishment of Privation
  • PART II: HEALTH AND SOCIAL CHANGE
  • 6. Mental Illness - Tales of Madness: From the Asylum to Oprah
  • 7. The Impact of Medicalization on Women
  • 8. Medical Control and Women - The Body Perfect: Appearance Norms
  • PART III: SEXUALITY AND SOCIAL CONTROL
  • 9. The Regulation of Prostitution: Springing the Morality Trap
  • 10. Constructing Sexuality in the AIDS Era
  • 11. Deconstructing Spousal Violence: A Socialist-Feminist Perspective
  • PART IV: RACE AND SOCIAL CONTROL
  • 12. Social Control and the Historical Construction of Race
  • 13. Native Canadian Deviance and the Social Control of Race
  • 14. Youth Culture, Racism, and Alienation: The Control of Youth
  • PART V: EDUCATION AND SOCIAL CONTROL
  • 15. The Hidden Curriculum
  • 16. Campus Sex Crime, Journalism, and Social Control
  • 17. Deviance and Discipline in the Classroom
  • Index

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