Societal reactions to deviance

Annual Review of Sociology

Volumn 37, Issue , 2011, Pages 185-204

  Grattet, Ryken ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Criminalization; Governmentality; Labeling; Medicalization; Social control; Stigma

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960461089     PISSN: 03600572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-soc-081309-150012     Document Type: Review

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