Rather than attempting to debunk or assert the truth of paranormal beliefs, this book attempts to explore them in phenomena such as astrology, UFOs, ESP, and angels from the perspective of sociology.
"How do memoirists make their work interesting, daring, exciting, and unorthodox enough so that they attract an audience, yet not so heinous and scandalous that their readers are unable to empathize o
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The surprising and unofficial system of social control and regulation that keeps crime rates low in New York City’s Washington Square Park Located in New York City’s Greenwich V
The surprising and unofficial system of social control and regulation that keeps crime rates low in New York City’s Washington Square Park Located in New York City’s Greenwich V
A copublication with the American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education (AACTE), the 2nd edition of theHandbook of Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge addresses the concept and impleme
A copublication with the American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education (AACTE), the 2nd edition of theHandbook of Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge addresses the concept and impleme
Marijuana seeks to bring to the reader the whole configuration of this problem, which, like the Sexual Revolution and the New Politics, was at the heart of the alienation felt by many young people dur
Goode (sociology, State U. of New York at Stony Brook) presents 15 contributions expounding on, discussing the applications of, and critiquing Gottfredson and Hirchi's general theory of crime which ar
Out of Control promises to be a key supplemental textbook in criminology and sociology courses, both at the undergraduate and graduate level. Providing an indispensable overview of Gottfredson and Hir
Most primary deviation is of transitory significance and involves a fairly insignificant punishment. Extreme Deviance focuses on behavior, beliefs, and traits that are so serious as to generate, in t
