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The Critical Role of Deviance in Society

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The Death and Resurrection of Deviance

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It has been nearly two decades since Sumner (1994) rang the death knell for the sociology of deviance. Several notable scholars, in particular, have debated the vibrancy of the field — from the liveliness of its empirical and theoretical contributions to its interest to students, scholars and publishers (Ben-Yehuda, 1990, 1994, 2006; Best, 2004a, 2004b; Goode, 2002a, 2003, 2004, 2005; Hendershott, 2002; Liazos, 1972). We believe in the continuing vitality of the intellectual and empirical contributions of the field of deviance in the early 21st century. There are many reasons to make such a claim.

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Adler, P.A., Adler, P. (2014). The Critical Role of Deviance in Society. In: The Death and Resurrection of Deviance. Critical Criminological Perspectives. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137303806_3

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