The seminar slides were based on Giddens’ ‘Sociology’ (Chapter 19). The slides also compliment Chapter 11 of ‘Sociology: Issues and debates’ (edited by Steve Taylor). The chapter is titled ‘Crime & Deviance’ and is written by David Downes.
Click here to download the seminar’s presentation slides, and click here to download the seminar’s handout.
I would also recommend you have a go through these extensivcnotes on the Sociology of Deviance and then to use it as a guide for your further readings.
http://www.umsl.edu/~keelr/200/intrdev.html
And here are some books you may find useful for your further reading:
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Becker, H. 1997 Outsiders: Studies in the Sociology of Deviance Simon & Schuster Ltd.
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Burke, R. 2005 An Introduction to Criminological Theory Willan Publishing
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Carrington, K., Hogg, R. 2002 Critical Criminology: Issues, Debates, Challenges Willan Publishing
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Cohen, S. 2002 Folk Devils and Moral Panics: Creation of Mods and Rockers Routledge.
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Downes, D., Rock, P. 2007 Understanding Deviance: A Guide to the Sociology of Crime and Rule-breaking Oxford University Press.
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Goode, E., Ben Yehuda, N. 1994 Moral Panics: Social Construction of Deviance WileyBlackwell.
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Kelly, D. 1996 Deviant Behavior: A Text-Reader in the Sociology of Deviance: St. Martin’s Press.
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Rubington, E., Weinberg,M. 1968 Deviance, the Interactionist Perspective: Text and Readings in the Sociology: Macmillan.
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Sumner, C. 1994 Sociology of Deviance: An Obituary Open University Press.
