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Appreciative Attitude
Author_David Matza
Author_Thomas G. Blomberg
Authoritative Resolution
behavior
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Contemporary Society
Conventional Phenomena
Correctional Perspective
criminological theory
dance
developmental pathway to deviant behavior
Deviant Enterprises
Deviant Identity
Deviant Phenomena
Deviant Subjects
Deviant Worlds
Devious
Dim
Diversity Fly
empirical criminology
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identity formation
Invitational Edge
Juvenile Delinquents
Literary Naturalism
Marihuana User
Naturalist Inquiry
normative conflict
Pathetic Feature
phenomena
Pittsburgh Survey
Resort Towns
school
Social Disorganization
socialization process
subjects
taxi
Topless
Vice Versa
Young Men
youth delinquency
Product details
- ISBN 9781138519282
- Weight: 453g
- Dimensions: 152 x 229mm
- Publication Date: 27 Oct 2017
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
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Becoming Deviant describes a process by which people move from an affinity for certain prohibited behaviors to full-blown deviance. This process includes affiliation with circles and settings that include or sponsor offenses, followed by understanding and identification of the offenses as prohibited behavior by the transgressor. The process can be summarized as affinity, affiliation, and signification. The sequential process Matza describes allows for non-recurrent offending behavior, recidivism, and offending again. His perspective is motivated by the view that criminological theories do not explain a number of the fundamental empirical features and nuances known to be associated with delinquency. This includes the frequent termination of delinquent behavior at the onset of adulthood, the often conformist nature of delinquent behavior, and the large numbers of non-delinquents that are often found in otherwise "high-delinquency areas." In Becoming Deviant Matza reasons that most, though not all, delinquent behavior constitutes relatively uniform phenomena that is developmental in character. Individuals proceed from trivial to more serious infractions. He argues that delinquent behavior represents youths searching for adventure and is accompanied by withdrawal from conventional values and associated behavior. Matza further claims that many delinquents are not fully committed to a delinquent lifestyle, and this explains why delinquent behavior often ends with adulthood. Matza's compelling and integrated theoretical explanation makes this a classic in the increasingly sophisticated criminological literature. Thomas Blomberg's new introduction shows why Becoming Deviant remains of central importance to the field.
Daniel Czechowski, Thomas Hauck, Georg Hausladen
