The deaf are outsiders in a world largely created and controlled by those who hear. Based on intensive interviewing, observation, and the personal experience of the author (whose parents are deaf), Outsiders in a Hearing World examines the lives of deaf people within a social and historical context. It examines the communities created by deaf people and the identities of their members, and describes and analyzes the everyday interactions between the deaf and the hearing. Drawing on the works concerning other outsiders, this book not only increases our understanding of deafness and the deaf,...
The deaf are outsiders in a world largely created and controlled by those who hear. Based on intensive interviewing, observation, and the personal exp...
Thinking About Deviance explores issues of deviance in practical and accessible terms. Drawing on a successful first edition, this new and updated second edition resituates this important work in a post 9/11 world, exploring complex issues related to human experience and understanding.
Thinking About Deviance explores issues of deviance in practical and accessible terms. Drawing on a successful first edition, this new and updated sec...
In this volume, eight essays by well known sociologists explore the personal experiences, of social scientists, their unique ways of doing sociology, and the relationship between sociological theory and its application. In each chapter, the contributors integrate their sociological expertise with their personal lives and prove that sociological understanding and personal experience can and do mesh. Personal Sociology is a novel presentation that truly humanizes the practice and field of sociology.
In this volume, eight essays by well known sociologists explore the personal experiences, of social scientists, their unique ways of doing sociolog...
At least since the late 1980s, with the development of the first drug court in Dade County, Florida, the justice system has undergone what some believe is a revolution the movement toward problem-solving courts. Problem-Solving Courts: Justice for the Twenty-First Century? provides a concise, thorough, well-documented, and balanced foundation for anyone interested in understanding this phenomenon.
Detailing the "promise and potential perils" of problem-solving courts, the authors represented here examine the development of the problem-solving court movement, the...
At least since the late 1980s, with the development of the first drug court in Dade County, Florida, the justice system has undergone what some bel...
