9780205216284-0205216285-Elite Deviance

Elite Deviance

ISBN-13: 9780205216284
ISBN-10: 0205216285
Edition: 10
Author: David R. Simon
Publication date: 2011
Publisher: Routledge
Format: Paperback 368 pages
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ISBN-13: 9780205216284
ISBN-10: 0205216285
Edition: 10
Author: David R. Simon
Publication date: 2011
Publisher: Routledge
Format: Paperback 368 pages

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Elite Deviance (ISBN-13: 9780205216284 and ISBN-10: 0205216285), written by authors David R. Simon, was published by Routledge in 2011. With an overall rating of 4.3 stars, it's a notable title among other books. You can easily purchase or rent Elite Deviance (Paperback, Used) from BooksRun, along with many other new and used books and textbooks. And, if you're looking to sell your copy, our current buyback offer is $0.33.

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For courses in deviance and corporate crime. Elite Deviance is the only text in this area that takes a holistic view as it traces the causes of elite deviance to the structure of power and wealth in the United States. Elite Deviance includes both criminal and non-criminal elite acts that cause great harm. Unique in its scope, Elite Deviance covers not only corporate crime and political corruption in historical and contemporary contexts, but also the relationship between the two. Numerous current examples and case studies grab students’ interest and reinforce all major theoretical points in the book.

Learning Goals

Upon completing this book, readers will be able to:

  • The notion that elite deviance in and of itself is a great social problem in American life. Elite deviance consists of criminal and deviant acts by the largest corporations and the most powerful political organizations.
  • Elite deviance stems from a system of political economy in which power and wealth are increasingly concentrated in the hands of a power elite.
  • Within this power elite there has emerged a series of criminal and deviant acts that has been termed “the higher immorality.”
  • Elite deviance is intimately interrelated to each and every type of non-elite deviance.
  • The solution to the problems posed by elite deviance involves a serious restructuring of the major institutions of postmodern society: the policy, economy, and mass media.
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