Research Catalog

Details

Additional authors

1. Terry, Robert M., 1946-

Description

1. ix, 311 pages : illustrations; 24 cm

Subject

1. Social Behavior Disorders
2. Deviant behavior

Contents

1. Part I. On the nature of deviance. The poverty of the sociology of deviance : nuts, sluts, and preverts [sic] / Alexander Liazos -- Deviations and deviance / Erving Goffman -- Deviance : society's side show / Anthony N. Doob.
2. Part II. Experimental approaches. The experimental study of human behavior / editors. A. Interview experiments. Polygraph and interview validation of self-reported deviant behavior / John P. Clark and Larry L. Tifft -- The influence of the character of the criminal and his victim on the decisions of simulated jurors / David Landy and Elliot Aronson -- Rejection : a possible consequence of seeking help for mental disorders / Derek L. Phillips. B. Quasi-experiments. Determining the social effects of a legal reform : the British "breathalyser" crackdown of 1967 / H. Laurence Ross, Donald T. Campbell, and Gene V. Glass -- The effect in Philadelphia of Pennsylvania's increased penalties for rape and attempted rape / Barry Schwartz -- Dirty books and dirty looks / The Commission on Obscenity and Pornography.
3. C. Laboratory experiments. Obesity and eating / Stanley Schachter -- An experimental study of some effects of injustice on children's moral behavior / G.M. Stephenson and J.H. White -- Constraining effects of personal costs on the transgressions of juveniles / Irving M. Piliavin, Jane Allen Hardyck and Arelen C. Vadum -- Some conditions of obedience and disobedience to authority / Stanley Milgram -- Interpersonal dynamics in a simulated prison / Craig Harney, Curtis Banks and Philip Zimbardo. D. Field experiments. Deviance and respectability : an observational study of reactions to shoplifting / Darrell J. Steffensmeier and Robert M. Terry -- Bumper stickers and the cops / F.K. Heussenstamm -- Self-fulfilling prophecies in the classroom : teachers' expectations as unintended determinants of pupils' intellectual competence / Robert Rosenthal and Lenore Jacobson -- Two studies of legal stigma / Richard D. Schwartz and Jerome H. Skolnick -- Schizophrenic patients in the psychiatric interview : an experimental study of their effectiveness at manipulation / Benjamin M. Braginsky and Dorothea D. Braginsky -- Girls at Vocational High : an experiment in social work intervention / Edgar F. Borgatta and Wyatt C. Jones.

Owning institution

1. Columbia University Libraries

Bibliography (note)

1. Includes bibliographies.